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- To audit a remote machine that is not in a domain, you must use the Administrator account (not "an" admin account, "the" Administrator account) on the target PC. ** and #1
- To audit a remote machine on an Active Directory domain, your supplied user (or if none provided, the user running the script) must be a member of the target machines Administrators group (or subgroup).
- To audit localhost, any supplied credentials are disregarded and the connection is made using the details of the user running the script.
- The account must have a password; WMI does not allow blank passwords.
** NOTE - To enable a remote machine (Vista or above) to be audited that is not on a domain, by an account in the Administrators group, other than the actual Administrator account see the below section on UAC.
#1 NOTE - You can audit a remote machine without the using the actual Administrator account by creating a registry key. Create the below key on every machine to be audited and make sure the user credentials used are in the Administrators group.
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\HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings |
DCOM
Run the DCOM utility and verify (or set) the below attributes. Start -> Run, Enter DCOMCNFG and press OK. This will open the DCOMCNFG window.
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