How can I get uptime to a remote windows-based computer as a standard user?

Asked Jan 29 '21 at 20:59

Active Jan 29 '21 at 22:07

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There are plentiful ways in obtain remote uptime. However it seems every one I have tried, powershell, wmic, systeminfo etc all required elevated access. Unfortunately running this as a privileged account is not possible in this circumstance. Is there anything that can make this happen?

PS C:\Users\jweinraub> get-wmiobject -computername jsmith Win32_OperatingSystem | select LastBootUpTime
get-wmiobject : Access denied
At line:1 char:1
+ get-wmiobject -computername jsmith Win32_OperatingSystem | select ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], Managemen
   tException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.C
   ommands.GetWmiObjectCommand

edited Jan 29 '21 at 22:07

asked Jan 29 '21 at 20:59

Jon Weinraub

`get-wmiobject Win32_OperatingSystem | select LastBootUpTime` doesn't require admin rights – Swisstone Jan 29 '21 at 21:38
For remote hosts it gives access denied. See original question added the error – Jon Weinraub Jan 29 '21 at 22:06
If you're able to enable SNMP on the remote hosts first, you will likely be able to poll it without admin. Most server monitoring solutions do this. – KHobbits Jan 31 '21 at 14:08

How can I get uptime to a remote windows-based computer as a standard user?

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