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- Add "Anonymous", "Everyone", "Interactive", "Network", "System" with Local and Remote access permissions set.
Click on OK Close and close the DCOMCNFG window and restart.
The above changes will require a reboot to take effect.
UAC
If you are getting an Access Denied scan error it might be UAC blocking inbound requests on the remote device. If the remote computer you are trying to query is in a workgroup (or not joined to a domain), UAC prevents remote queries by default, even if the account being used is in the Administrators group. Completely disabling UAC on the remote device allows you to get around this, but it is preferable to disable the subcomponent of UAC instead. You can do this by adding or editing this registry key on the remote device you are scanning and setting it's value to 1:
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reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f |
The above change will require a reboot to take effect.
Local Security Policies
Run one of the following three Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins:
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