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Firewall Blocking PSWindowsUpdate
A new firewall rule needs to be created to allow the subsequently negotiated dynamic RPC port through.
Ref: martbasi on Jan 13, 2015 at https://i1.gallery.technet.s-msft.com/2d191bcd-3308-4edd-9de2-...
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Is there a way to set access to WMI using GroupPolicy?
Referencing https://answers.splunk.com/answers/2703/how-to-enable-wmi-data-collection-on-a-domain-server.html
There's no non-esoteric way at this time to globally configure WMI
security settings ...
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Is there a way to set access to WMI using GroupPolicy?
Microsoft have another, more recent article demonstrating how to do this via Group Policy with a PowerShell script:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/delegate-wmi-...
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Premissions needed to launch COM as "The launching user" identity?
You need to change the security settings for the COM object itself. By default the Administrators group has Full permissions and the Users group has read. Here's the delta in permissions. You'll have ...
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Windows Component Services console (dcomcnfg) hangs
I didn't understand how to identify the cause of the problem. To resolve this, do the following:
sfc /scannow
installing updates
reboot
after that, the console started working again.
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DCOM 0x80070005 Access Denied
Well, I've contacted OPC Server manufacturer and support told me that (freely translated from German) "Since beginning of this year there are many error reports, telling that Windows Updates break OPC ...
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Enable port 135 on Azure server
You MUST have a private network connection to communicate over known insecure ports. This is where you must use things like IPSEC VPN, DMVPM, MPLS, SD-WAN.
Port 135, among MANY others are blocked.
...
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How to modify security settings for DCOM components on Azure cloud app?
Ok, I solved it by simply taking ownership over the key by selecting 'Change owner', afterwards I could change the permissions and modify the settings for DCOM accordingly.
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What is the difference between setting the DTC port range via Registry and dcomcnfg?
There is no difference*, as in both cases the Ports value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\Internet Registry key is being modifying. The screenshot below shows the registry modification ...
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Firewall Blocking PSWindowsUpdate
You can run
PS> enable-WUremoting
This will create a new inbound rule called PSWindowsUpdate (RPC Dynamics Ports) which covers all the settings mentioned previously.
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