"Silver Oak" <Silver***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C9196D2-9409-48CB-A8A5-D327282B9EEE@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm running a VB.NETcode that uses GetProcessByName to verify if a certain
> process is currently running on remote computers.  The computers are in
> the
> same network domain as my computer.  The code works just fine if I'm
> looking
> at my own computer, but it throws InvalidOperation exception : Access
> denied
> when I tried to verify the running process on remote computers.  I have
> verified the following on the remote computers:
>
> 1.  Process performance counter is NOT disabled.  I don't see "Disable
> Performance Counters" REG_DWORD registry value in the
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\PerfOS\Performance
>
> 2.  Counter and Help registry values are INTACT in the registry key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009
>
> Can anyone tell me why GetProcessByName throws InvalidOperation access
> denied when I use it to see running processes on remote computer?  Is
> there a
> minimum permission level to access remote computer?  Thanks.
>
> Michael

"Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> You have to have administrative permissions (or at least really elevated
> ones) on the remote machines to query for the process list. This is not
> ..NET-specific, it's how Windows works.
>
> "Silver Oak" <Silver***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5C9196D2-9409-48CB-A8A5-D327282B9EEE@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm running a VB.NETcode that uses GetProcessByName to verify if a certain
> > process is currently running on remote computers.  The computers are in
> > the
> > same network domain as my computer.  The code works just fine if I'm
> > looking
> > at my own computer, but it throws InvalidOperation exception : Access
> > denied
> > when I tried to verify the running process on remote computers.  I have
> > verified the following on the remote computers:
> >
> > 1.  Process performance counter is NOT disabled.  I don't see "Disable
> > Performance Counters" REG_DWORD registry value in the
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\PerfOS\Performance
> >
> > 2.  Counter and Help registry values are INTACT in the registry key
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> > NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why GetProcessByName throws InvalidOperation access
> > denied when I use it to see running processes on remote computer?  Is
> > there a
> > minimum permission level to access remote computer?  Thanks.
> >
> > Michael
>
>
>