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Asked: 2026-05-23T20:49:14+00:00

I need to know if it is possible to run powershell remotely in the

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I need to know if it is possible to run powershell remotely in the following scenario:

I have a Windows XP box WITHOUT Powershell installed. From this box, I would like to run a PS script located somewhere like: \\mypc\C$\Scripts\information.ps1.

The script should be run against the machine where it resides. In this case, the “mypc” machine would be running the script and returning the result to the XP machine.

What makes this difficult is the fact that I cannot install Powershell or any third party apps on the Windows XP machine.

It’s a long shot but would this be doable?

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  1. Editorial Team

    While you can’t actually run the script on the local machine without PS installed there, depending on what you want to actually accomplish you may be able to run it locally and simply access the remote resources. Most of a machine’s resources are typically available remotely (File System, Registry, WMI, etc.) depending on the security on the machine.

    EDIT: Now that my complete misunderstanding of the issue is cleared up, my answer would be: No, you do not need to have Powershell installed on a local machine to run a script on a remote machine that does have Powershell installed. Just use PSExec to kick off the Powershell process on the remote machine. I realize that the OP cannot install 3rd party apps, but there is absolutely no install associated with PSExec, it is a completely stand alone exe.

    It has been a while since I had to do this so I did a quick check. This at the command line worked for me:

    psexec \\REMOTEMACHINE "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -File C:\temp\test.ps1 -NoProfile -NonInteractive
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