Re: SMS Advanced Client Setup Errors / WMI, DCOM, BITS

Tried the netdom /reset to no avail. So far, the only fixes are:

Removing/readding affected machines to domain
Adding System, Network Service, and Local Service to the local
administrators group (unsure of security implications/risks)

Aaron

"Aaron Guilmette" <aguilmette@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OFwdJmySFHA.2916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I received a reply last night from the partner group, that got me thinking.
>
> I added the LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, and SYSTEM accounts to the
> <machinename>\Administrator's group and rebooted, which seemed to correct
> the problem and allow me to install the SMS client successfully. What are
> the security implications (if any) of adding those accounts to the local
> administrator's group. I'm sure there has to be something.
>
> I told partner support that the problem was also corrected if I removed
> the machine from the domain and readded it, but that's not a realistic
> option. The partner resource suggested that I run netdom /reset on my
> affected workstation to see if that will do the trick. I'm going to try
> it with another test machine that's experiencing the same problems and
> will report back.
>


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