Vista - WMI Error 2

I am running a VBScript to start an application and I am getting a return
error code of 2 (access denied).

Now I take it that the access denied is to the \\.\root\CIMV2, but how can I
verify this?

I get the same error whether using impersonationlevel=impersonate or
removing that.

Any help would be appreciated.

"Joe" <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7FD36CEF-FD36-4DB4-B3A0-BD5C6FF4072A@xxxxxxYou don't usually need WMI to launch an application - the exec or run
methods of the WScript.Shell object will easily do it for you. Anyway -
let's have a look at your script.

Script is attached. It is a simple sample program, but it is the basis for
the script
that we are planning on using.

Const HIDDEN_WINDOW = 0
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
Set objConfig = objStartup.SpawnInstance_
objConfig.ShowWindow = HIDDEN_WINDOW
Set objProcess = GetObject( _
"winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
errReturn = objProcess.Create( _
"notepad.exe", null, objConfig, intProcessID)
wscript.echo errReturn

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

I'm a strong believer in the KISS principle, hence I would use this code:

Set ObjWshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ErrReturn = ObjWshShell.Run("notepad.exe")


"Joe" <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5E2E0835-4587-4AD4-B153-06D3093F78C1@xxxxxx

Agreed, that would be nice.

However it would also be nice to figure out where this is actually failing.
And then being able to fix the underlying cause.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

I forgot to mention in my previous reply that I ran your code on my machine
without any problems. If you insist on using WMI to invoke external
applications then you might consider the simple code below:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject _
("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
Err = objWMIService.Create("Notepaad.exe", Null, Null, intProcessID)

It comes from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...7/hey0426.mspx


"Joe" <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5E2E0835-4587-4AD4-B153-06D3093F78C1@xxxxxx

Thank you.

The code does run on a non hardened laptop, but not a hardened one.

So I guess it is back to permissions in root/CIMv2 where the Access Denied
is showing up.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: