Windows client powershell reporting

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I'm working on trying to find a way to get our windows machines to report to a webpage with information about it's MAC address, computer name, currently logged in user, and ip address. I wrote a powershell script and set it up as a scheduled task. It works great but there is a window that appears every time the script runs. Is there a way to not show the window. I've tried running with "-noninteractive", "-nologo", "-windowstyle hidden", "-noprofile", all to no avail. This is what I use to run it.

"powershell.exe -noninteractive -nologo -windowstyle hidden -command "C:\Users\%LogonUser%\Scripts\CallHome.ps1"

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 17:08

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I think of two possibilities which you can try:

Create a service user which has the user right to run batch jobs and log on as a service, schedule the task as that user wether it is logged on or not. This works and I use it frequently.
Use the start-process cmdlet. I believe it is capable of doing what you want but can't test myself right now (on iphone).

answered Nov 14 '13 at 17:08

ErikE

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I like that you suggested a user with limited permissions instead of just running the scheduled task as SYSTEM. – Ryan Ries Nov 14 '13 at 17:19

Peter Hahndorf · Answer 2 · 2013-11-26T16:54:56.437

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You can also check Run whether user is logged on or not on the General tab of the task properties. In this mode the program is started hidden.

A problem could be that you have to specify the user's password when setting up the task.

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answered Nov 14 '13 at 19:09

Peter Hahndorf

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 25 '13 at 22:57

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Have you tried running it like this:

start "" %systemroot%\System32\windowspowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -exec bypass -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -file "C:\Users\%LogonUser%\Scripts\CallHome.ps1"

answered Nov 25 '13 at 22:57

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '13 at 13:34

I ended up moving the script to a folder in the C: root and then running the script as the SYSTEM user. It grabs the currently logged on users when it runs so I no longer need it to run as those users. Been working great since I got it working and my inventory is building itself.

Windows client powershell reporting

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