We are running Windows 7 SP1 clients with Server 2008 R2 SP1 DCs and member servers. To fix a simple issue, we need to have our clients run a batch file while sitting at the Windows login screen. How I did this just 2 days ago was create a share on a member server to which Everyone has Full Control to the share like this:
And everyone has these rights to the folder:
This allow us to put the batch file in this share and using PSExec send a command to the clients to run that batch file without a user being logged in. Simple, and it has worked. Today I when I tried to use this method again the machines cannot get to the share, and if I login as a user and attempt to connect I am promptd to login. I have verified that the permissions are still setup correctly, I deleted and recreated the share with these same permissions, I cannot get it to work.
So my question is why does this not work, and second is there a better way to accomplish what we need in the first place?
I should add that we have 14 member servers (each in a different physical building) setup with this IT$ share. All the others are working, just the one in the building I'm now is not working.