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Enabling WMI ports on Windows client machines

Enabling WMI ports on Windows client machines

Windows 7

Run services.msc and ensure “Windows Management Instrumentation” service Startup Type is set to Automatic.

In Firewall settings, click on the “Advanced settings” link.  For the Inbound Rules, ensure “Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI-In)” is Enabled and Allowed for the Profile called Domain.

Vista

Run services.msc and ensure “Windows Management Instrumentation” service Startup Type is set to Automatic.

In Firewall settings, click on the “Change settings” link. In the Windows Firewall Settings dialog, click the Exceptions tab.  Enable the “Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)” exception.

Windows XP

Run services.msc and ensure “Windows Management Instrumentation” service Startup Type is set to Automatic.

From the command prompt, run the following command:  “netsh firewall set service RemoteAdmin  enable”

From the command prompt, run the following command: “netsh firewall add portopening protocol=tcp port=135 name=DCOM_TCP135”

From the command prompt, run the following command: “netsh firewall set portopening tcp 445 smb enable”

Article ID: 114, Created On: 10/12/2010, Modified: 10/12/2010