Re: Management Console and XP

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ngreeley_at_gmail.com
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: 10 Feb 2005 09:13:12 -0800

juiceman wrote:
> Is there some trick to getting the SMS 2.0 management console working
on
> Windows XP Professional? I am running into dificulites and could use
some
> advice.
>
> Thanks

I assume you're using SP2 otherwise there should be no issues unless
your SMS Servers aren't configured correctly.

If you are using SP2 there are a few things you need to do:

Windows Firewall has three settings: On, On with no exceptions, and
Off. When you select the Don't allow exceptions check box, the SMS
Administrator console cannot connect to any SMS site database from the
Windows XP client. This is by design. If Windows Firewall is set to On
(recommended), the SMS Administrator console cannot display all of the
items in the console tree until you add the program unsecapp.exe and
the port TCP 135 to the list of programs and services on the Exceptions
tab of Windows Firewall.

In certain situations, adding these two exceptions is not sufficient.
You might also require anonymous remote access rights in DCOM. You
should only make this change if adding the program unsecapp.exe and the
port TCP 135 to the exceptions list does not resolve the problem.

To allow anonymous remote access in DCOM:

1.
 From the Start menu, click Run and type Dcomcnfg.exe..

2.
 In Component Services, click Console root, click Component Services,
click Computers, and then click My Computer. On the Action menu, click
Properties.

3.
 In the My Computer Properties dialog box, on the COM Security tab, in
the Access Permissions section, click Edit Limits.

4.
 In the Access Permissions dialog box, grant Anonymous Logon allow
Remote Access.
 
5.
 Restart the computer.

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