I have a domain with a few pcs and a workgroup with a few pcs. I have been using the WMI Administrative Tool (http:// www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6430F853-1120-48DB-8CC5-F2ABDC3ED314&displaylang=en) to test connections to remote machines. I can connect to pcs within a domain using the tool. I can also connect to pcs within the workgroup. However whenever i try to connect to pcs between workgroup and domain i get the "rpc server unavailable" error. I can map network drives between the workgroup and domain and i can also remote desktop between workgroup and domain. RPC services are running on all the pcs (otherwise i wouldn't be able to connect at all) and firewalls are not running. I have created admin users with the same username and password on all the pcs and i am using these credentials to try to connect. Is there anything that i have overlooked or need to know when connecting between workgroups and domains?
When connecting between domain machines and workgroup machines using WMI you will need to take a few extra steps before this can happen: Enable ForceGuest: http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=290403 Check firewall settings: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389286(VS.85).aspx Change DCOM settings: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389284(VS.85).aspx#dcom_impersonation_and_authentication_settings -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm -- wrote in message news:a4685462-62c6-467a-a60d-f98c7d71866d@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... >I have a domain with a few pcs and a workgroup with a few pcs. > > I have been using the WMI Administrative Tool (http:// > www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6430F853-1120-48DB-8CC5-F2ABDC3ED314&displaylang=en) > to test connections to remote machines. > > I can connect to pcs within a domain using the tool. I can also > connect to pcs within the workgroup. > > However whenever i try to connect to pcs between workgroup and domain > i get the "rpc server unavailable" error. > > I can map network drives between the workgroup and domain and i can > also remote desktop between workgroup and domain. > > RPC services are running on all the pcs (otherwise i wouldn't be able > to connect at all) and firewalls are not running. > > I have created admin users with the same username and password on all > the pcs and i am using these credentials to try to connect. > > Is there anything that i have overlooked or need to know when > connecting between workgroups and domains?
