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Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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I have a computer where multiple users switch user accounts and open different browser tabs.
I want to select all chrome.exe process which is not invoked by the currently logged-in user and kill them.

Basically, I want to clean cached user login details for all other users from chrome without closing the currently logged-in user's browser.
I need to do all these using PS-remoting
Till now, this is what I have done:

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Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process -Filter 'Name = "chrome.exe"' | ForEach-Object { $_.GetOwnerSID().SID }
This gives all the SIDs of chrome.exe is running on local machine. However, this doesn't work on PS-remoting :cry:

Second, I need to get the SID of Currently logged in user :

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 $UserProfiles = Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\*" | Where { $_.PSChildName -match "S-1-5-21-(\d+-?){4}$" } | Select-Object @{ Name = "SID"; Expression = { $_.PSChildName } }, @{ Name = "UserHive"; Expression = { "$($_.ProfileImagePath)\NTuser.dat" } }
			
			
			# Add in the .DEFAULT User Profile
			$DefaultProfile = "" | Select-Object SID, UserHive
			$DefaultProfile.SID = ".DEFAULT"
			$DefaultProfile.Userhive = "C:\Users\Public\NTuser.dat"
			$UserProfiles += $DefaultProfile
			
			# Loop through each profile on the machine</p>
			Foreach ($UserProfile in $UserProfiles)
			{
				# Load User ntuser.dat if it's not already loaded
				if(($ProfileWasLoaded = Test-Path Registry::HKEY_USERS\$($UserProfile.SID)))
				{
					
                    			Write-Host "$($UserProfile.SID)" -ForegroundColor yellow
				}
				
				
			}  
 
With my testing, I found that sometimes it gives two results. That means if the user is disconnected or switched then it's not solving my purpose.

So, I need to find a way to get Currently logged in user details & close the each chrome.exe process associated with it.All this has to be done using Powershell V2 & PS-remoting
Any other method or help is really appreciated.
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

Post by jvierra »

You don't need to use remoting.

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$chrome =Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process -Filter 'Name = "chrome.exe"'  -ComputerName RemotePC| 
	Where-Object { $_.GetOwner() -ne 'jsmith'}
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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To get the currently logged on user:

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Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem -ComputerName RemotePC| 
	Select-Object username
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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I got Nothing as output :

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Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem -ComputerName RemotePC| 
	Select-Object username
OUTPUT:

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UserName
-------- 
I also run the code locally, but same result.

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Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem|Select-Object username
However, when I checked for members I got username exists as one of the members:

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Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem| Get-member
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UserName                    Property     System.String UserName {get;set;}
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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If the user is logged in with remote desktop then you cannot tell who is logged in. You can use "qwinsta" to detect remote users and if they are connected.
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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Hi Jvierra,
Thanks for the tip about "qwinsta".

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qwinsta /SERVER:localhost
this is acting like a charm on the local computer.However, when I am trying to run it on a remote computer I am getting access denied ERROR.
From this ERROR, I understand that there is an access issue.So, I used cmdkey.exe to add domain credential to my local computer.

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cmdkey /add:targetname /user:username /pass:password
after this, I am able to access Admin share on remote computer without any authentication. However, "qwinsta" doesn't work as well.
I also tried to run the command in PS-Remoting, but got ERROR: "The term 'qwinsta.exe /SERVER:localhost' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. "
I also tried the path: C:\Windows\System32\qwinsta.exe , but got the same error.
Please note I am using Powershell V2 on the remote computer.
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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Computer OSs that are out-of-support such as XP do not have this utility.
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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All the computer as Win7 System.
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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I just tested against a couple of remote Win 7 systems and qwinsta works as expected.
Don't use localhost.

qwinsta

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[ws702]: PS C:\Users\TestAdmin\Documents> qwinsta
 SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE
>services                                    0  Disc
 console                                     6  Conn
 rdp-tcp                                 65536  Listen
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Re: Close process which isn't invoked by Current Logged-in user

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Hi Jvierra,
Thanks for your quick response. Once I reboot the computer I am getting the result as well.
However, with PowerShell I am trying to get a list of usernames which is active.I am using the below code.This works fine on the local computer but not on ps-remoting.

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qwinsta | foreach { (($_.trim() -replace “s+”,”,”))} | ConvertFrom-Csv  
This works fine locally but not in ps-remoting.

On PS-remoting if I run qwinsta I get the desired result, but if I run above piece of code, then it complains about ConvertFrom-Csv.
ERROR: ConvertFrom-Csv : Cannot process argument because the value of argument "name" is invalid. Change the value of the "name" argument and run the operation again
To fix this, I addes -header parameter .

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 & qwinsta.exe | foreach { (($_.trim() -replace “s+”,”,”))} |ConvertFrom-Csv -Header("SessionName","Username","ID","State","type","Device")
Buth this also Didn't fixed the issue.We are very close. Please suggest.
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