Re: Management Console and XP

From: juiceman (juiceman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/10/05


Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:05:05 -0800

Well, I dont have the windows firewall on at all. I made those changes just
for the sake of it and I still have the same issue. It seems that anyone in
our dept who has Windows Xp as their operating system is unable to get the
connection working. Any other ideas?

"ngreeley@gmail.com" wrote:

>
> 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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