Powershell Remote: Microsoft.Update.Session, Access Denied: 0x80070005

Question

I\'ve written a script to search/download/install Windows Updates on a machine using the Microsoft.Update.Session COM Object. When run locally it works just fine, however wh

Answer 1

Use PsExec (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx) to remotely execute PowerShell with a script file:

psexec -s \\remote-server-name C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe \\server\script.ps1

I used the script detailed at http://www.ehow.com/how_8724332_use-powershell-run-windows-updates.html, and I can remotely execute it using psexec to download and install updates.