WMI and RPC

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James Knotts

I am having an issue on domain machines that I cannot access WMI remotely.
I currently have the firewall on the XP machine disabled completely. I have
the account that I am logged into the server with in the local
administrators group of the XP machine that I am trying to access the WMI
from. I continually get the RPC Server is Unavailable message but cannot
figure out why. Both machines are on the same LAN, using the same ID with
no firewalls between them whatsoever. Any ideas?
 
C

Colin Bowern

Start here:

Connecting to WMI on a Remote Computer
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389290.aspx

and let us know if you continue to have problems. It sounds like you are
missing an access control entry in the WMI security for the user you are
using. There is a specific ACE for "Remote Enable" which likely needs to be
set.

Cheers,
Colin

I am having an issue on domain machines that I cannot access WMI remotely.
I currently have the firewall on the XP machine disabled completely. I have
the account that I am logged into the server with in the local
administrators group of the XP machine that I am trying to access the WMI
from. I continually get the RPC Server is Unavailable message but cannot
figure out why. Both machines are on the same LAN, using the same ID with
no firewalls between them whatsoever. Any ideas?
 

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