WMI Process Call Create gives good feedback but doesn't work

Question

I'm developing a VB.NET application able to control remotely other computers, send commands and retrieve information
Here's the code:
Dim connOptions As ConnectionOptions = New ConnectionOptions()
connOptions.Impersonation = System.Management.ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate
connOptions.Authentication = System.Management.AuthenticationLevel.Packet
connOptions.EnablePrivileges = True
Dim theScope As ManagementScope = New ManagementScope("\\" & IPAddressTextBox.Text & "\root\cimv2", connOptions)
Dim theClass As New ManagementClass(theScope, New ManagementPath("Win32_Process"), New ObjectGetOptions())
Dim iPe As ManagementBaseObject = theClass.GetMethodParameters("Create")
iPe("CommandLine") = CommandLineTextBox.Text
theClass.InvokeMethod("Create", iPe, Nothing)
The problem is that even if it gives a "0" ReturnValue, which means the operation is successful, the process doesn't actually starts on the remote machine (which is in the local network)  
In reality, the process actually starts but doesn't show up, in the Task Manager of the remote machine, is visible ONLY under "Processes" -> "Show processes from all users", at this point, i can see the process i created from the other
main machine, the process "User Name" is the main computer username, and not the remote machine one, is that the problem?
I'm using Impersonate as the impersonation level and Packet as the Authentication level (as you can see from the code), is this what i'm doing wrong?
also it doesn't work with WMIC with "wmic /NODE:IPADDRESS process call create COMMANDLINE"
Thanks you for your time.
 

Answer 1

It doesn't matter whether you use VB, VBScript, or PowerShell. If you use any of these languages to create a process on a remote machine using WMI, the new process is always going to run in the background. You cannot make it run as a visible process. This
is by design and is explicitly stated in the Remarks section of the method's documentation:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389388.aspx
For security reasons the Win32_Process.Create method cannot be used to start an interactive process remotely.
-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]