# Kill a process on a remote machine
$computer = "localhost";
$processesToKill = @("calc.exe", "notepad.exe", "wintrv.exe");

foreach($process in $processesToKill)
{

$process = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process -Filter "Name = '$process'" -ComputerName $computer;
if($process -eq $null)
{ # If null then the process may not be running
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Couldn't get process $process on $computer";
}
else
{
Write-Host "Attempting to Kill $process on $computer";
}
# Kill the process and get exit status 0 = OK
$status = $process.InvokeMethod("Terminate", $null);
switch($status)
{
0 { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Killed $process on $computer"};
default { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Error, couldn't kill $process on $computer"};