My WMI scripts are not working on remote computers? What is wrong?

Answer

WMI scripts are not working for remote computers

Enable remote administration in the Domain Profile:

Below Instructions are given for a Target Operating System of Windows Server 2003, SP1, with the Windows Firewall enabled

Add the following entry to the ICF.AddReg.DomainProfile section of the Windows Firewall INF file (%WINDIR%\inf\netfw.inf):
- HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\RemoteAdminSettings","Enabled",0x00010001,1"
Run this VBScript on the Windows Server 2003, SP1 computer and the windows firewall enabled:

Set objFirewall = CreateObject("HNetCfg.FwMgr")

Set objPolicy = objFirewall.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile

Set objAdminSettings = objPolicy.RemoteAdminSettings

objAdminSettings.Enabled = TRUE

This generally happens on a computer with the Windows Firewall enabled which blocks WMI calls to it.

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