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WMIX can be used on Windows 2000 and later operating systems. WMIX has no client side agent dependencies except for the WMI Run-time Requirements (see below).
WMI is pre-installed in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows 2000.
Windows® NT Workstation 4.0 SP4 and later: WMI is available through "Add/Remove Windows components" in the Control Panel, as a WBEM option install. A later, more comprehensive, version (WMI CORE 1.5 (Windows 95/98/NT 4.0)) is available from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads.
Windows® 98/95: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) CORE 1.5 (Windows 95/98/NT 4.0) is available from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads.
The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) CORE 1.5 (Windows 95/98/NT 4.0) requires Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or later (for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98/95, further configuration steps are required to authorize remote administration through WMI).
The WMI primary process (Winmgmt.exe) is not configured to start automatically on Windows 9x and Me systems. To configure the WMI manager to start automatically, follow these instructions:
Set HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OLE\EnableDCOM to "Y"
Set HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OLE\EnableRemoteConnect to "Y"
Set HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WBEM\CIMOM\AutoStartWin9x to 2
Add the Winmgmt.exe file to the Startup directory. The Winmgmt.exe process can be found in the directory %WinDir%\System\WBEM directory.
Security Settings:
Set user-level access control:
1. Right click on Network Neighborhood and select Properties.
2. Select the Access Control tab.
3. Choose User-level access control and enter the appropriate server or domain name in 'Obtain list of users and groups from' field.
Set WMI permissions:
1. Open the folder: 'C:\windows\system\wbem'.
2. Double-click on wbemcntl.exe.
3. Select the Security tab.
4. Select the ROOT namespace and add the users to grant remote administration access on WMI. Give them all permissions.
5. Select the Advanced tab.
6. Un-check 'Enable anonymous connection with share level security'.
7. Select 'Always auto restart' in the 'Winmgmt Process Restart frame'.
See: Configuring Windows XP SP2 Firewall