Windows Remote Management Issues

You do not have access rights to Logical Disk Manager on computer

The Disk Management console failed to connect to the remote computer because the Disk Management remoting service is not in the Windows Firewall exception list

The network path was not found

The RPC server is unavailable

Access denied when accessing Disk Management on remote computer

Symptoms: 1. when trying to access Disk Management on a remote computer, you may receive this message “You do not have access rights to Logical Disk Manager on computer”.

Or “The Disk Management console failed to connect to the remote computer because the Disk Management remoting service is not in the Windows Firewall exception list. Add the Disk Management remoting service (dmremote.exe) to the Windows Firewall exception list and try again”

Or “Open the port by adding the PRC port (TCP port 135) to the Windows Firewall exception list and try again”

Or Access denied

2. You can’t access the Event log on a remote computer after installed SP2 on your XP computer.

3. When trying to access a remote computer you may receive this error: “The network path was not found”

4. When trying to access a remote computer you may receive this error: “The RPC server is unavailable”

Resolution: 1. For accessing Disk Management on a remote computer, add dmremote.exe service to the firewall.

2. For accessing the Event log on a remote computer, add Remote Event Log management to the firewall.

3. For managing the Scheduled Tasks on a remote computer, add Remote Scheduled Tasks Management to the firewall.

4. For managing the Scheduled Tasks on a remote computer, add Remote Scheduled Tasks Management to the firewall.

5. For the RPC server is unavailable error, add TCP port 135 to the firewall.

6. If the remote computer is windows server 2003, you may need to add vdsldr.exe from the windows\system32.

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