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To enable DCOM for a host running Windows XP or Windows 2003
1
Log
in
to
the
host
as
admin
user
(either
a
local
administrator
or
a
domain
administrator).
2
Click
Start
menu,
select
Run
and
type
DCOMCNFG.
Component
Services
window
appears.
3
From
the
Console
Root
left
pane,
select
Component
Services
>
Computers
>
My
Computer
.
4
Right
‐
click
My
Computer
,
and
then
click
Properties
.
My
Computer
Properties
window
appears.
5
Select
COM
Security
tab.
6
Under
Launch
and
Activation
Permissions
,
click
Edit
Limits
.
Launch
Permission
window
appears.
7
If
the
domain
user
(DOMAINUSER
in
this
example)
is
not
present
in
the
Groups
or
user
names
list,
Click
Add
,
to
add
the
domain
user.
8
Select
the
user
you
added
from
the
Groups
or
user
names
list.
9
From
the
Permissions
for
Administrators
list,
select
Remote
Launch
and
Remote
Activation
.
10 Clear
all
other
checkboxes
and
click
OK
to
return
to
the
My
Computer
Properties
window.
11 Click
A
pply
to
save
your
changes
and
click
OK
.
Setting WMI Privileges
After
WMI
requests
pass
through
the
DCOM
communication
layer,
Windows
runs
another
authorization
check,
for
specific
user
permissions
at
the
level
of
the
WMI
service.
Therefore,
to
allow
the
domain
user
to
run
WMI
queries,
the
WMI
service
needs
to
be
configured
for
every
managed
host.
This
is
done
either
locally
on
that
host
or
remotely.
To configure WMI access on the managed hosts
1
If
you
are
configuring
a
remote
machine,
use
a
domain
administrative
account.
A
local
administrative
account
will
not
work.
2
Log
in
as
admin
user
(either
local
or
remote
administrator)
to
the
target
host.
3
Click
Start
menu,
select
Run
and
type
wmimgmt.msc
.
The
Windows
Management
Infrastructure
(WMI)
window
appears.
4
Right
‐
click
WMI
Control
(Local)
in
the
left
pane
and
click
Properties
.
WMI
Control
(Local)
Properties
window
appears.
5
Click
Security
tab
and
navigate
to
Root
>
Security
in
the
namespace
tree.
Security
for
Root
window
appears.
6
Click
Add
.
The
Select
Users
or
Groups
window
appears.
7
Type
the
user
name
in
the
following
format:
Domain
name\user
name
N
OTE
In
Windows
2000,
the
DCOM
management
console
is
simpler.
So
skip
Step 3
and
Step 4
.
N
OTE
If
you
are
configuring
remote
settings
for
WMI
privileges,
right
‐
click
WMI
Control
(Local)
and
select
Connect
to
another
computer
.
Type
the
name
of
the
remote
host
and
click
OK
.
From
this
point,
configuration
changes
will
be
applied
to
the
selected
host
instead
of
the
local
host.
N
OTE
By
selecting
the
Security
option
in
Root
,
you
are
allowing
WMI
queries
to
all
available
WMI
providers.
In
case
Root
cannot
be
used,
CIMV2
should
be
used;
this
option
is
not
recommended.
Giving
the
ADM
user
security
permissions
to
Root
provides
little
to
no
risk
that
queries
will
be
nonintrusive.
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