Q: I have problem connecting to WMI service on host, to use WMI monitors. Are there any preliminary steps I should follow to use WMI monitors?

1. Windows 8.1 Remote Access Not Working
2. Windows 8 Enable Remote Desktop

A: Before you begin using network monitoring tools to gather information from remote host via WMI, make sure that

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• WMI services are enabled on the host to monitor
• remote access to WMI services is enabled on the host

Please follow the below steps to ensure both prerequisites are met.

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1. Steps to enable remote WMI monitoring

Prior to allowing access to WMI services, make sure it is enabled. Starting from Windows XP, there’s “Windows Management Instrumentation” service available from Control Panel -> Administrative tasks -> Services. Find the service and make sure it is running and configured to auto-start at startup (startup type: Automatic).

1.1. Allow access to corresponding ports

Access to DCOM port (TCP port 135) should be granted for remote access, to allow calling remote WMI services. Use corresponding Windows firewall settings for incoming connections to TCP:135.

1.1.1. Windows XP/Windows Server 2003

To allow connecting to ports used to access WMI objects on Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 perform the following command (from cmd.exe window, run as administrator):

Note: use every next command if current one didn’t work. Use actual computer’s primary IP address instead of <IP>.

1.1.2. Windows Vista and later Windows versions

Use the below command to perform the same action for Windows Vista and later Windows versions:

1.2. Authorize WMI users and set permissions

Important note: to perform WMI queries on a remote computer, the account with which you are logged on must be a member of

Windows 8.1 Remote Access Not Working

• local “Administrators” group or “Domain Admins” group (if computer is a member of domain)
• local “Distributed COM Users” group

Make sure to use proper credentials in IPHost Network Monitor’s Windows credentials for corresponding WMI monitor.

If you need to configure remote WMI access to Windows XP (SP2 or later) and/or Windows Server 2003, please follow these instructions.

If you are performing WMI access management for Vista or later Windows version (i.e., Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 or Windows Server 2008 or newer versions), follow the steps below (note they should be performed on the remote system – the one you need to monitor via WMI).

1. Make sure “Remote Registry” service is running.
2. Open the WMI Control console: Click Start, click Run, type wmimgmt.msc and then click OK.
3. In the console tree, right-click WMI Control , and then click Properties.
4. Click the Security tab.
5. Select the namespace for which you want to give a user or group access (usually, Root), and then click Security.
   In the Security dialog box, click Add
6. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, enter the name of the object (user or group) that you want to add. Click Check Names to verify your entry and then click OK. You might have to change the location or click the Advanced button to query for objects. See the dialog box Help for more details. Click “Advanced” button to make sure the permissions are applied correctly:
   You need at least “Remote Enable” and read access assigned; you can start with granting all access types and revoking unnecessary ones later (use the command-line check mentioned in section 2 below).
7. Ensure the “Applies to” option is set to “This namespace and subnamespaces”:
   Use “Edit” control to change that if necessary.
8. Allow incoming traffic to RPC ports (TCP range 6001-6032); corresponding incoming rule in Windows firewall should allow the ports as shown below:
   
9. Add the host that sends remote WMI requests to the list of trusted hosts: run Power Shell as Administrator and issue these commands:

   where <hostname> is the host that sends remote WMI requests. Note: add all known host’s DNS names via these commands, if there are more than single hostname.

2. Test remote WMI access

After the above steps are done, before actually starting corresponding WMI monitor, try executing simple WMI query to the remote computer. On local system (where IPHost is installed), open PowerShell as Administrator and issue command like this:

replacing REMOTE_HOST with actual DNS name or IP address of the remote host (for which WMI monitor should be set up) and DOMAINUser with actual domain and user names to authenticate (use computer network name as domain name if logging in as local user).

If everything is set up and credentials are valid, the command will list some information on local disk drives of the remote host.

If an error is reported instead, please check the above mentioned steps to make sure all the actions has been performed.

Important: you can only use a single set of credentials to access a given remote Windows system. If you attempt to connect to the same remote system with different set of credentials, the connection will fail (that’s a Windows restriction).

Troubleshooting

“The object exporter specified was not found”

If all the setup steps are performed, but a test WMI query returns error “The object exporter specified was not found”, it may be a result of attempting to connect to remote host, specified by IP address, residing behind a NAT (network address translation) firewall.

Quick solution: define an entry for IP address in question in hosts file:

For example, if IP address is 0.1.2.3, add entry like this:

and use its host name (“host0123” in the above example) instead of plain IP address, to connect to the remote host and run WMI queries.

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Remote Desktop has been one of the essential features of Windows from the days of Windows XP which got refined with newer versions. Although the feature is not that popular among average users and is considered to be more of a pro feature, it’s a nice tool for anyone who has to control multiple computers on a network simultaneously or even for someone who has to provide tech support to a distant friend or family and needs to take control of their computer.

Now with the support for tablets in Windows 8, Remote Desktop’s usage is likely to increase. Anyone who owns a Windows tablet can connect to his home or office computer from any location provided he has internet connectivity.

So before we plunge into how we can create Remote Desktop connection on Windows 8, lets us first have a look on how we can enable the feature to allow an incoming connection.

Enabling Remote Desktop on Windows 8

Step 1: Open Windows 8 desktop Control Panel and click on System and Security while viewing the Control Panel in Category mode. In System and Security, click on Allow remote access under System to open System Properties.

If you are comfortable using the Run box, you can run SystemPropertiesRemote.exe command to open the System Properties directly.

Step 2: Navigate to Remote tab in System Properties,check the radio button Allow remote connections to this computer and click on Apply button.

Step 3: If you are using your computer in power saver mode and your computer goes into sleep or hibernate mode when not in use, Windows will ask you to change the configuration in Windows Power Options. This will make sure you have a seamless connectivity while in the middle of remote connection.

Windows 8 Enable Remote Desktop

That’s all, you can now use Remote Desktop from any computer to connect to your Windows 8 device.

Conclusion

That was how you can activate the Remote Desktop on your Windows 8 devices to allow an incoming remote connection request. Now, check our next post where we show you how to use Windows 8 to start a Remote Desktop connection using the Windows 8 Metro App. Hopefully these two posts will help you work with Remote Desktop in Windows 8 comfortably.

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