Re: WMI and XP SP2 remote connection problem !!


Administrative Tools -> Computer Management uses WMI I am sure about this.
It is very bad that Microsoft lives a way to administer remote computers
without any problems in SP2 and all of us we cannot do anything.

Setting manually the firewall on 50 or 100 computers or even more, is not
what our customers want :(


"Jim Vierra" wrote:

> Which MS control panel apps do you think use WMI?
>
> The firewall will block administrative ports unless policy has set them to
> be opened or you open the ports manually.
>
> Remote management ports and RPC are required for WMI.
>
> --
> Jim Vierra
>
> "HondaHRV" <HondaHRV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8BDDB2CB-E2A3-415D-BD11-21B22021E457@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I know that XP SP2 blocks the WMI remote connections, but why Microsoft
> > applications from Control Panel which uses WMI still work !!????
> >
> > What can be done in order to connect on remote XP SP2 machines without
> > having to change the firewall settings manually ?
> >
> > Thanks !
>
>
>
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