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Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by abentley on Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:38 am

Try as I might, I have been unable to get non-admin users to be able to remote controlcomputers. I am running Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 and MRC 6.8.1.4. I have read a lot of posts on the subject and understand that the default dwrcs.ini settings need to be altered during MSI creation so that non-admins will be able to connect (after permission is granted) and i'm pretty sure I've got the settings correct, but only users with admin rights are currently able to connect successfully.

What I want is for members of a specific domain global group to be able to connect to any MRC client. All of the members of this group are at the very least members of the local 'Users' group on each computer (becuase they are members of Domain Users which is in-turn a member of the local Users group). Some members of the domain group have local admin rights on computers, and it is only these accounts that are able to authenticate and connect.

I require all connection attempts to prompt for permission when someone is logged on to the target computer, and for any connection to a locked or un-logged-on computer to be automatically accepted.

I have tried both Encrypted Windows Logon and Windows NT Challenge Response authentication methods without success. I'm pulling my hair out now as I really need some users who can't have local admin rights the ability to remote control with MRC.  

Here is my INI file (I am not using registry settings), can anyone spot anything wrong with it?
CODE: SELECT ALL
[Settings]
Port=6129
Adgang NTLM=Yes
Adgang 1=
Adgang 2=
Adgang 3=0
Notify On New Connection=Yes
Notify On Disconnection=No
No Notify Sound=No
Notify On New Connection Timeout Value=30
Notify Dialog Caption=Remote Control
Notify Dialog Text 1=Remote Control Notification
Notify Dialog Text 2 Remote Control=The following user has connected viaremote control.
Permission Required=Yes
Center Permission Dialog=No
Permission Dialog Set Focus On Decline Button=No
Show SysTray Icon=Yes
Enable User Option Menu=No
Option Notify On New Connection=Yes
Option Notify On New Connection Dialog Timeout=Yes
Option On Disconnect Logoff Desktop=Yes
Option On Disconnect Logoff Desktop Force Applications Close=Yes
Option On Disconnect Lock Workstation=Yes
Option Logon At Logon Desktop Only=Yes
Option Logon At Logon Desktop Only Timeout=Yes
Option Enable File Transfer=Yes
Option Enable Chat=Yes
Option Enable Chat Allow Anyone To Initiate=Yes
Option Permission Required=Yes
Option Enable Add Client Connection Menu=Yes
Option Enable DisConnection Menu=Yes
Option Enable Email Notification=Yes
Option Enable Email Notification Change Email Address=Yes
Permission Required for non Admin=Yes
Permission Required for non Admin Disconnect If At Logon Desktop=No
Permission Required for non Admin Force View Only=No
On Disconnect Logoff Desktop=No
Force Applications Close=No
On Disconnect Lock Workstation=No
Logon At Logon Desktop Only=No
Logon At Logon Desktop Only Timeout=Yes
Logon At Logon Desktop Only Timeout Value=20
Enable Add Client Connection Menu=Yes
Enable Disconnection Menu=Yes
Enable Settings Menu=No
Absolute Timeout=0
Requires Explicit Remote Admin Rights=No
Allow Only Administrators To Connect=No
Requires Logon Locally Privilege=No
Must Be Member Of This Local Group=No
Local Group Name=
Must Be Member Of This Global Group=Yes
Global Group Name=DameWare Desktop Remote Control Access
Enable Email Notification=No
Email Notification Address=
Email Notification Server=
Disable Host Lookup=Yes
Socket Logon Timeout=90000
Authentication Type=2
Must Have Logon Locally Rights with Windows Logon=No
SFT: Enable Simple File Transfer=Yes
SFT: Append Host Name=No
SFT: Upload Folder=%SYSTEMROOT%\DWRCS UploadsSFT: User Response Time Out=6000
Disable Version Downgrade=No
Global Group Machine 0=[IP address of Domain Controller 1]
Global Group Machine 1=[IP address of Domain Controller 2]
Global Group Machine 2=[IP address of Domain Controller 3]
Global Group Machine 3=
Global Group Machine 4=
Global Group Machine 5=
Allow All Administrators To Have Control=Yes
Upgrade Information=
Downgrade Information=
Max Access Log Size=10240000
Force Encrypt Data=No
Force Encrypt Images=No
Force Encrypt Files=No
Configuration Version=5.5
[Proxy]
Enable Proxy=No
Require Shared Secret=No
Disable Remote Control=No
[IP Filter]
Enable Filter For Remote Control=No
Enable Filter For Proxy=No
Access Granted=Yes

Questions: Can 'Global Group Name' contain spaces and does it need to be prefixed with 'DOMAIN\' ?

Many thanks in advance

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by switbro on Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:21 pm

I am having a similiar issue - I have 45 domain controllers and have a group assigned to "Account Operators" so they can remotely access these machines with DMRC. They can access 44 of the 45 but they seem to be in view only mode on the 45th. They cannot connect even when the server is at the login window. The dwrcs.ini file looks the same as all the others, Is there a particular setting I should be looking for that would cause this behavior?

Thanks
Scott

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by abentley on Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:07 am

Hi, is anyone able to advise on this issue? Thanks

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by bryan on Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:24 pm

Exactly what error message are you receiving when you try to connect? Because it looks like everything is setup correctly. Spaces in the Global Group name should also be fine (i.e. Domain Admins).

Permission Required=Yes
- all users, even Admins, will require permission from the desktop user
- unless remote machine is at Logon Desktop or Lock Screen

Permission Required for non Admin=Yes
Permission Required for non Admin Disconnect If At Logon Desktop=No
Permission Required for non Admin Force View Only=No

- non-Admins will require permission from the desktop user, unless @ Logon Desktop or Lock Scr.

Please also look for DWMRCS entries in the Operating System's Application Event Log on theremote machine. Copy & paste the entire text from each of these entries back to our support team so they can review them. There should be at least two entries for each failed login attempt.

Once we have this information we whould be able to assist you further.

I hope this helps.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com
 

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by abentley on Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:14 am

Thanks for the response Bryan. When any non-local admin attempts to connect they get this error immediately:

Authentication failed:
System Error: 5
System Message: Access denied

Event log entries:
CODE: SELECT ALL
Error:
DameWare Mini Remote Control
System Error: -2146893044
Failed to establish a security context. OS Error Code: [SEC_E_LOGON_DENIED] The logon attempt failed. : (srv)

CODE: SELECT ALL
Error: Failed Authentication.
Using Windows NT Challenge/Response.

  
Date: 09/21/2009 09:02:59  
Computer Name: [computername]  
User ID: [logged-in username]  
Logon As ID: [login credentials username - not the same as username above]  
Domain:   
Desktop User ID:   
Desktop Name:   
System Settings Using: INI-File  
Desktop State: Unknown  
Permission Required: Yes  
Access Approved By: N/A  
Access Declined By: N/A  
Access Request Timeout: N/A  
Access Request Disconnected: N/A  
OS Product ID: [product id]  
OS Registered Owner: [registered owner]  
OS Registered Organization: [registered org]  
Host Name from Peer: [computername]  
IP Address(es) from Peer: [ip address]  
Peer Host Name:   
Peer IP Address: [ip address]  
Protocol Version - DWRCC.EXE: 6.800000-0.000010  
Protocol Version - DWRCS.EXE: 6.800000-0.000010  
Product Version - DWRCS.EXE: 6.8.1.4  
Product Version - DWRCC.EXE: 6.8.1.4  
Proxy Host Used: No  
Proxy Host:   
Proxy Destination Host:   
Proxy Destination Port: 0   
Proxy Callback Port: N/A   
Authentication Type: NT Challenge/Response  
Last Error Code: -2146893044  
Last Error Code (WSA): 0  
Host Port Number: 6129   
Host IP Address: [ip address]   
Host Name: [computer name]   
Absolute timeout setting: 0 minutes  
Connect/Logon timeout setting: 90000 milliseconds  
AccessCheck:   
Registered: No  
WTS Session: No  
Used RSA Public-Key Key Exchange (1024 bit keys).  
Encryption IDs: 26128 (24576,1536,16) [256].  
Hashing IDs: 26128 (24576,1536,16).  
Used Shared Secret: No  
Registration: [registration code]

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by mbernards on Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:32 am

We have added all global groups in our forests and domains with one name: UG_DWMRC
Universal groups does not seem to work here.

In those groups reside all support personal.

A tip: don't get fooled by the PDC/DC list requirement here, better use the domain names. (6 max)
let DNS find the nearest DC instead of hardwiring nodes here.
We recenly retired a bunch of old DC's and this nuked the authentication process at the clients
You have to force new settings by removing the current remote control agent and installing the new builded MSI file
The repair option does not restart the service for unknown reasons
(I am local admin, but event log says cannot find file)

I also enabled a central log server ( needs a active DWMRCS service )

Domain and enterprise administrators are also allowed to take over machines.

Works great here.

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by abentley on Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:04 am

Hi, any update on this issue from DameWare support? Thanks

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by bryan on Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:54 am

See this post for additional information:
http://forums.dameware.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1189

Do those non-Admin credentials have sufficient right to login at the console of this remotemachine? In other words, can these non-Admins physically walk up to this machine and sit down at the console and use their credentials to login? If not, then they won't be able to use those credentials to connect via our software either.

SEC_E_xxxxx errors are produced by Microsoft's SSPI (Security Support Provider) interface within the O/S, which is only used when using NT Challenge/Response authentication. Our software simply passes the necessary information to Microsoft's SSPI interface and the O/S takes over and performs all authentication.

This specific SSPI Error, "Failed to establishing a security context" - SEC_E_LOGON_DENIED, implies there may be some setting within your O/S that's preventing "LAN Manager Authentication" on this machine, possibly a Policy setting (i.e. "Send NTLMv2 response only\refuse LM & NTLM" , etc.).

Therefore, you might want to try using the Encrypted Windows Logon authentication method instead. Using the Encrypted Windows Logon authentication method may resolve your issue, or it may actually generate another error message which may point us in the right direction with regard to this issue. However, presently this behavior appears to be related to some type of O/S configuration issue.

Here are some other things you can check:

- For machines in a Domain, make sure the Net Logon Service is running.
- Make sure the credentials you're using to connect do not have an expired password.
- Check your LanManager Authentication Level policy.
- Try using the Encrypted Windows Logon authentication method instead.

I hope this helps.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Granting remote control rights to non-admins
by abentley on Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:03 am

Thanks Bryan,

I did read the article above and have tried Encrypted Windows Logon before. I have just tried again on several computers and still no joy...

1. The NETLOGON server is running. Confirmed on all computers. All other domain-based authenticaion would fail without this service, so it's definitely running OK.

2. The credentials I am testing with are definitely OK. The account is not expired, locked out and does not require a password change. I can logon interactively at the console of any computer with this test account.

3. LAN Manager Authentication Level is configured using Group Policy to: Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated. I have also set this to 'Not Configured' so that the default Vista setting (Undefined on workstations) takes effect, this does not help either.

4. Both Windows NT Challenge Response and Encrypted Windows Logon consistently fail for all users who do not have local admin rights. I changed the 'Authentication Type' in the ini file (restarting DameWare service after each change) to 2,4 and 6 to test the different scenarios.

Here's the event log of a failed Encrypted Windows Logon attempt:

Error: Failed Authentication.
Using Encrypted Windows Logon.
CODE: SELECT ALL
Error:
DameWare Mini Remote Control
System Error: 1326
Failed to Logon User (srv)

CODE: SELECT ALL
Date: 10/12/2009 08:46:45  
Computer Name: [computername]  
User ID: [username]  
Logon As ID: [username]  
Domain:   
Desktop User ID:   
Desktop Name:   
System Settings Using: INI-File  
Desktop State: Unknown  
Permission Required: Yes  
Access Approved By: N/A  
Access Declined By: N/A  
Access Request Timeout: N/A  
Access Request Disconnected: N/A  
OS Product ID: 89579-236-0200203-71402  
OS Registered Owner: [owner]  
OS Registered Organization: [org]  
Host Name from Peer: [client computer name]  
IP Address(es) from Peer: [client ip address]  
Peer Host Name:   
Peer IP Address: [client ip address]  
Protocol Version - DWRCC.EXE: 6.800000-0.000010  
Protocol Version - DWRCS.EXE: 6.800000-0.000010  
Product Version - DWRCS.EXE: 6.8.1.4  
Product Version - DWRCC.EXE: 6.8.1.4  
Proxy Host Used: No  
Proxy Host:   
Proxy Destination Host:   
Proxy Destination Port: 0   
Proxy Callback Port: N/A   
Authentication Type: Encrypted Windows Logon  
Last Error Code: 1326  
Last Error Code (WSA): 0  
Host Port Number: 6129   
Host IP Address: [host ip address]   
Host Name: [host computer name]   
Absolute timeout setting: 0 minutes  
Connect/Logon timeout setting: 90000 milliseconds  
AccessCheck:   
Registered: No  
WTS Session: No  
Used RSA Public-Key Key Exchange (1024 bit keys).  
Encryption IDs: 26128 (24576,1536,16) [256].  
Hashing IDs: 26128 (24576,1536,16).  
Used Shared Secret: No  
Registration: [reg code]

Hello,

We just recently upgraded from DameWare Remote Control 7 to DRS 9 with DRC 10. I'm enjoying the potential here, but some features don't work without the DRS Client Agent service running on the remote machine.

This seems to be installed OK on some of our straggler Win XP workstations, but on Win 7 workstations, trying to use features like RCmd Console doesn't work, and the automatic service activation feature doesn't work, either.

I have just seen this howto for using the batch feature to install/activate the DRS agent service, and it worked when I tested it on some of the problem Win 7 workstations.

However, we'd much prefer to be able to activate this by Group Policy, so we don't need to micromanage workstations as we deploy them.

I've searched around through the MSI Builder settings for anything to add "install DRS client agent service" or "activate" it, and done my best with Google, too, but I can't figure out if there's a way to do this. Does anyone have a way to install & activate the DRS Client Agent service by Group Policy and/or MSI? We already have a policy set up to install the Mini Remote agent with a built MSI, and that works great.

Thanks!

Good day!

Help please, about a month drip internet in search of an answer to your question , really hope you can help me .

We have over 10k machine which is still running services and it so happened that the settings apply DWRCS DWRCS.ini (reg) those that were set when you first install the service.

And we have each their gadgets ... Please tell me how to update the file when connecting to a remote machine without removing the service and re- install it.

Ready even in monetary terms from thank brain is melting ...

Thank you.

HI. there is any option in Dameware mini remote control to perform operation on other machine in invisible mode(without his knowledge)?

How do I uninstall DameWare DRS  (V. 11.1) and recover the license for another machine

Two issues - I had DRS installed on my Windows 7 Pro workstation, but was experiencing some unexplained weirdness, so thought that I'd remove and reinstall just to rule that out.  I can't get it reinstalled - keep getting the message   "There is a problem with this Windows Installer Package.  A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected.  Contact your support personnel or package vendor.".

So far, I've tried:

• Re-downloading the zipped installation files
• Installing to a different directory
• Rebooting
• Removing the \Program Data\Solarwinds files
• repairing my .net installation

I've also tried installing on a difference Windows 7 Pro machine, and on this computer, the installation starts but just hangs.  I can see two DRS10... processes running in task manager, but they never do anything.

Not sure what to try next.

Ideas?

Can we leverage the central server to enforce technicians to remove MRC service upon disconnect from client machine? And can the central server manage and log all remote sessions for audit?

We've updated the DameWare - Updated February 17, 2015 support page.  This serves as a one-stop shop for all your DameWare documentation, how-to's, troubleshooting, and more.  You can add the page to your "links" or bookmark the page so you'll always have it handy.

Hope this helps, as always!

Danielle!

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Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:34 am

Hi All,

We are currently having issues with logging onto some of our machines using the DameWareMini Remote Control. We recently installed some Microsoft patches on the machines and this has resulted in us having to log onto the machines using Remote Desktop rather than DameWare. Do you know of any Windows updates that may affect DameWare connection? When we try toconnect using DameWare we get the Winsock error:

Connect Error:
System Error: 10061
System Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

We have gone onto the DameWare help site and read through the help topics on this error but are still unable to resolve.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards.

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by bryan on Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:13 am

Hello threeofspades,

Are you sure you're specifying the correct TCP port in your Host settings?
Is the MRC Client Agent Service already installed & running on these remote machines?
If so, have you tried stopping the Service, changing the TCP port, and then restarting the Service?

Because a Winsock 10061 error typically means the MRC Agent Service was not listening on the TCP port that you specified (default is TCP 6129). Then a subsequent attempt at interrogating the Servcie Control Manager on the remote machine failed for some reason (insufficient rights, ports blocked, file & printer sharing not enabled, etc…). This process of interrogating the Service Control manager requires the Operating System's Installed Protocols (File & Printer Sharing - UDP 137, UDP 138, TCP 139, TCP 445) to be open between the loal & remote machines, and it also requires Administrator rights within the O/S security on the remote machine.

Therefore if we cannot connect to the MRC Client Agent on the remote machine using the specified TCP port, and then we also cannot communciate with the Service Control Manager on the remtoe machine using Microsoft’s APIs, then we have no choice but to fail. Because these same ports/protocols used by Microsoft’s APIs in order to communicate with the Service Control Manager are the same ones required to install, remove, start, or stop the MRC Client Agent Service on the remote machine.

However, please also click on the Copy button on the Winsock Error Dialog, then send me this information (paste it into this email) back to me for examination. Also include a screen shot of the actual Winsock Error dialog as well so I can review it.

Your feedback is appreciated.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:19 am

Hi Bryan,

Thank you for your response.

I have some additional information that may help to try to resolve this issue.

I can use MRC on the servers themselves to connect to my own machine, but am unable toconnect from my machine to the servers using MRC.

When i try ot connect to the server using MRC i first get a message saying the following:

"The DameWare Mini Remote Control is not running on onyxctx2.

Would you like to start it now?

Host: onyxctx2".

I select OK but then get the following error:

"Unable to start Service
System Error: 2
System Message:
The system cannot find the file specified"

When I RPC'ed onto the server and checked the DameWare Mini Remote Control service is was not running. When i selected to start it i get the error:

"Could not start the DameWare Mini Remote Control service on Local Computer

Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."

When i checked the path to the executable 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\DWRCS.EXE -service' the DWRCS.EXE was not in there.

I have tried to load DameWare again but get the same errors. It seems that this executable has been deleted for some reason. How can i retrieve it or load it again?

Thank you for your time and effort.

Kind Regards

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by bryan on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:37 am

Hi threeofspades,

You're welcome and thank you for this additional information. It was very helpful...  

As you have already found, Microsoft's System Error: 2 means File not found, and that's definitely due to the DWRCS.EXE file being missing in the System32 folder.

However, all you should have to do is re-copy the DWRCS.EXE file from your local DameWareInstallation folder to the System32 folder on this remote machine. Then you should be able torestart the Service again.

But you might also want to do a little extra research to find out how this file could have been deleted.

I hope this helps.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:43 am

Hi Bryan,

I took your advice and copied the DWRCS.EXE file from my local machine to the WINDOWS\system32 folder on the server.

When i tried to MRC onto the server i got the request:

"The DameWare Mini Remote Control is not running on onyxctx2.

Would you like to start it now?

Host: onyxctx2".

I selected OK and it came up withthe message:

"Service Start Status:

Starting service....."

I thought that this was looking good but unfortunately it came back to the above message:

"The DameWare Mini Remote Control is not running on onyxctx2.

Would you like to start it now?

Host: onyxctx2".

It seems that the service is starting but is tehn stopping several seconds later.

I RPC'ed onto the server to check out the DameWare Mini Remote Control service. It was setto automatic and was not started. i set it to start and it did so. But about 5 seconds later it just stops.

Not sure what is going on but something is stopping the service from running.

Any ideas?

Kind regards

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by bryan on Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:46 pm

Hi threeofspades,

Thanks very much for the update. This is some great information.

I believe you're right. There appears to be something else here that's stopping the Service from running. What other software do you have running on this machine? Do you have anything like CA eTrust, or Pest Patrol, or Pest Patrol remote (look for ppRemoteService.exe in Task Manager under Processes)?

If this is the cause, then additional information on how to configure the appropriate exception within Pest Patrol is also available in another thread on our forum:

The Dameware mini remote service is not running on XXX.
http://forums.dameware.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=47

Your feedback is appreciated.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:42 am

Hi Bryan,

Thank you for all your help.

We do have eTrust running on our systems and when i placed the DameWare exception into the Management Console i got DameWare back working on all but one server. But i will check it out and see if i can figure out where the problem is. I'm sure it's just something simple but the service still seems to be stopping on that particular server.

Thanks again for all your help and it was very much appreciated.

Kind Regards

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System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:13 pm

Hello everybody, i got this error today:

AUthentification failed:
System error: 5
System message: Access Denied
Please check the event log on the remote machine for possible cause

And the event gives me this:

Date:01/30/0823:55:21
ComputerName:DJ0DJ0
UserID:DjoDjo
LogonAsID:
Domain:
OSProductID:55274-642-5926024-23226
OSRegisteredOwner:Dj0Dj0
OSRegisteredOrganization:Dj0Dj0
HostNamefromPeer:dj0dj0
IPAddresse(s)fromPeer:192.168.0.17
Host:
IPAddress:(HIDDEN)
ProtocolVersion-DWRCC.EXE:6.650000-2.000000
ProtocolVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.600000-0.600000
ProductVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.63.1.0
AuthenticationType:NTChallenge/Response
LastErrorCode:0
LastErrorCode(WSA):0
Absolutetimeoutsetting:0minutes
Connect/Logontimeoutsetting:90000miliseconds
AccessCheck:
  0 LfLes
º G
º G  ^^* DWMRCSSERVER_NECH
DameWareMiniRemoteControl
SystemError:10061
Unabletoconnecttomailserver-Error:100610 (    """"3333DDDD0 ¸t (

I don't know if the last part (SystemError:10061
Unabletoconnecttomailserver-Error:100610 (    """"3333DDDD0 ¸t ()
is really part of the log concerning DWRCS because the event log was corrupted so ...

I thought it was due to the Absolute timeout setting put to 0 but i don't know..

I hope you'll be able to help me. Thanks in advance

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by bryan on Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:31 pm

The remote machine appears to be running a much older version of the software that we no longer support (i.e. version 3.x).

Therefore, I would suggest you first remove this older version of the Service and install your current version of the Service on the remote machine.

If you still receive the Access Denied error using the current version, then either paste those logs back here again, or send them to our support staff at support@dameware.com for review. There should also be multiple DWMRCS entries, so send the entire text from each entry.

Your feedback is appreciated.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:40 pm

But... i managed to access this remote machine yesterday and then i DIDN'T touch anything (neither settings nor anything else) and now it doesn't work.. So it's not a problem of too much old version.

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by bryan on Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:02 pm

According to the log you posted, this remote machine is running version 3.63 of the MRC Client Agent Service.

ProtocolVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.600000-0.600000
ProductVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.63.1.0

... and you will not be able to connect to version 3.x of the Client Agent using any 6.x version of the software.

Therefore, please remove the MRC Client Agent from this machine and install the current version. Then you should be able to connect.

You may also want to check the logs on this machine to see if someone else connected after you did and downgraded the Client Agent to this older version. That's the only explanation I can offer at this time.

I hope this helps.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:09 pm

In fact, i connected yesterday for the 1st time to this machine with the DWRCS CLIENT version 3.60.... so i installed the version 3.60... on the remote machine... and it worked! i didn't upgrade the remote version.. (today i tried with both versions of the client and none worked)

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:33 pm

And i forgot to say i had a "Access denied" with DNTU 6.6 !! for the remote command view and a Error for the event logs ...
So it's not linked to DWRCS in fact :s

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by bryan on Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:24 pm

If you in fact connected with version 6.x of the software to a 6.x Client Agent service on the remote machien, then send me the log files from that connection just as I asked you in my original response. Because without that information I cannot help you. Also send me all of the DWMRCS log entries associated with this failed login attempt, not just the connect or disconnect entry.

- What rights do you have within the O/S security on the remote machine?
- What O/S and Service Pack level is installed on both the local & remote machines? If it's XP or Vista, also distinguish the exact version of the O/S as well (i.e. XP Home, XP Pro, etc...).
- Are these machines located on the same LAN, over the WAN, accross the Internet?
- Can you access the Admin$ share on the remote machine (net use \\remotemachine\Admin$) via a CMD prompt on your local machine?

Also, just FYI, DNTU uses a completely different set of ports & protocols and wouldn't have anything to do with your behavior via MRC. Microsoft's APIs used within DNTU use what's called NT "Pass-Through" authentication. Therefore, if you receive Access Denied errors using Remote Command View or Event Log View, this means your current O/S logon credentials don't have sufficient rights within the O/S security on the remote machine. Therefore, you would have to establish an authenticated connection to this remote machine using sufficient credentials (i.e. Administrator), either within the O/S itself or by using DNTU's LogonAs feature.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:44 pm

- What rights do you have within the O/S security on the remote machine?
Administrator rights in theory..
- What O/S and Service Pack level is installed on both the local & remote machines? If it's XP or Vista, also distinguish the exact version of the O/S as well (i.e. XP Home, XP Pro, etc...).
Both XP Pro
- Are these machines located on the same LAN, over the WAN, accross the Internet?
Across the Internet
- Can you access the Admin$ share on the remote machine (net use \\remotemachine\Admin$) via a CMD prompt on your local machine?
No.. Error 1219

I just upgraded my centralized server to version 11.1 and I'm trying to get all of my techs client machines upgraded but the silent install isn't working.  It just hangs forever.  Any idea if there are some changed arguments for version 11.1 .exe install.

I'm having an issue getting MAC Discovery and WOL working over multiple VLANs in our environment. I have close to 40 VLANs. I just tried to do a MAC discovery for WOL and I basically can't discover a single MAC address for anything outside of my own VLAN. Same is true when manually putting a MAC in and trying to do a WOL on a different VLAN. Has anyone else been able to get this to work?

There are many useful tools inside DRS. I use them often and I am happy that my boss paid the DRS-licenses.

But lately I became aware, that (after some relocations of whole departments inside our company) our Windows 7 licenses got mixed up. Some PCs were renamed, some were moved to other places and so on.

Now I tried to tidy up. Sadly we still have workgroups instead of domains and we have no license-server, only single keys, not pinned on the PC-hull, but lying in a cabinet.

Now I have found some free tools on the inet, that can read the key, but I dont intend to walk to every pc and start the tool there.

Is there a solution for this problem inside DRS? If not, do oyu intend to put this function in one of the next updates?

Thanks in advance for the answer.

Marcel

I notice after installing the client for DameWare Remote Support that the Remote Support Service 2.6 (DameWare NT Utilities) isn't also installed and has to be manually installed and started on my clients in order to do remote commands etc. Anyway to include that service and automatic start when I'm rolling our clients?

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And Now... How to Import ?
by shamantao on Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:51 am

Hi
Exporter works fine   , I can export my AD users well.
( except when I choose Standard Properties that hang all the time but it is not usefull )
But now how can I import the xml file in an test environment (like vm) to another AD ?? 
What tools do i need ?

Re: And Now... How to Import ?
by bryan on Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:09 pm

Hi shamantao,

Thank you for your kind comments.  

However the Exporter is only designed to retrieve data from remote machines, so you canimport this data into your favorite third-party reporting tool (i.e. Crystal Reports, Excel, etc..) for addition reporting, filtering, or summary options.

Unfortunately, there is no functionality within our software to import this data into another machine/domain.

Best Regards,
Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: And Now... How to Import ?
by shamantao on Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:08 am

Thanks for your answer.
Well maybe it will be a good idea to implement Import to your soft,because i didn't find any other tool that do it fine. And I think it will be cool in DameWare Utilities to have this option.
By
Continue like this 

Re: And Now... How to Import ?
by fodde on Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:39 am

Hi

I agree with the previous reply. Please consider incorporating the XML schema to NT Utilities tobe able to read the reports from Explorer easier.

Regards

Re: And Now... How to Import ?
by bryan on Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:32 am

Hello Fodde,

Thanks for your feedback. However, I believe the original poster was speaking about transferring information from one Domain Controller to another, or one machine to another, via the Exporter. In other words, extracting the information from one machine and then importing it on another machine.

With regard to reporting on the XML files created by the Exporter, you should be able to read or report on this information using any other third-party reporting tool (Crystal Reports, Excel, etc..). Or perhaps set the output type to CSV instead of XML, which can also be read by Excel as well.

Best Regards,
Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: And Now... How to Import ?

by Willio on Mon May 05, 2008 2:29 am

Okay,

So what you are triing to say is that it is not possible to export from Dameware and import it on an AD installation on an other domain.

What if i have to move the server and re-installing it with AD instead of Dameware. How can i get the users from Dameware into AD without any handshake or connection between the servers.

Thanks 
Live your dreams and dream your life

Re: And Now... How to Import ?
by bryan on Fri May 16, 2008 12:05 pm

Hi Willio,

This specific topic is in reference to the Exporter, and the Exporter simply retrieves information from remote machines, so that you can pass this information off to any third-party reporting tool.

If you want to attempt to import this information (into AD) on another machine, you would haveto use some other third-party tool to accomplish this task. Our software does not have the ability to import information (contained in TXT, CSV, XML, etc.) into AD.

I hope this helps.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: And Now... How to Import ?
by Willio on Wed May 28, 2008 2:52 am

Okay,

That is obvious! And what if i want to import into Dameware again?

Thanks 
Willio
Live your dreams and dream your life

Re: And Now... How to Import ?
by Marty on Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:55 pm

Hi Willio,

There is no importing into the DameWare Exporter. Both the Exporter and DNTU dynamically retrieve information from remote machines.

The only things to potentially import into DNTU would be your list of Favorite machines, or your AD Site List.

Hope this helps.

Marty Bonvillain
Support Staff
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

We've updated the DameWare - Updated March 12, 2015 support page.  This serves as a one-stop shop for all your DameWare documentation, how-to's, troubleshooting, and more.  You can add the page to your "links" or bookmark the page so you'll always have it handy.

Hope this helps, as always!

Danielle!

Welcome to the DameWare DRS space on thwack!  If this is your first time here, you’ll find a wealth of information available to you on DameWare DRS as well as other SolarWinds products.  thwack is an active community where SolarWinds customers can share ideas and tips, ask questions, discuss feature requests, and find out what’s in the latest release and what’s coming next.  SolarWinds Product Management, Development, and Support staff all regularly monitor and post to thwack.  We look forward to hearing your feedback and ideas!

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Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:34 am

Hi All,

We are currently having issues with logging onto some of our machines using the DameWareMini Remote Control. We recently installed some Microsoft patches on the machines and this has resulted in us having to log onto the machines using Remote Desktop rather than DameWare. Do you know of any Windows updates that may affect DameWare connection? When we try toconnect using DameWare we get the Winsock error:

Connect Error:
System Error: 10061
System Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

We have gone onto the DameWare help site and read through the help topics on this error but are still unable to resolve.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards.

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by bryan on Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:13 am

Hello threeofspades,

Are you sure you're specifying the correct TCP port in your Host settings?
Is the MRC Client Agent Service already installed & running on these remote machines?
If so, have you tried stopping the Service, changing the TCP port, and then restarting the Service?

Because a Winsock 10061 error typically means the MRC Agent Service was not listening on the TCP port that you specified (default is TCP 6129). Then a subsequent attempt at interrogating the Servcie Control Manager on the remote machine failed for some reason (insufficient rights, ports blocked, file & printer sharing not enabled, etc…). This process of interrogating the Service Control manager requires the Operating System's Installed Protocols (File & Printer Sharing - UDP 137, UDP 138, TCP 139, TCP 445) to be open between the loal & remote machines, and it also requires Administrator rights within the O/S security on the remote machine.

Therefore if we cannot connect to the MRC Client Agent on the remote machine using the specified TCP port, and then we also cannot communciate with the Service Control Manager on the remtoe machine using Microsoft’s APIs, then we have no choice but to fail. Because these same ports/protocols used by Microsoft’s APIs in order to communicate with the Service Control Manager are the same ones required to install, remove, start, or stop the MRC Client Agent Service on the remote machine.

However, please also click on the Copy button on the Winsock Error Dialog, then send me this information (paste it into this email) back to me for examination. Also include a screen shot of the actual Winsock Error dialog as well so I can review it.

Your feedback is appreciated.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:19 am

Hi Bryan,

Thank you for your response.

I have some additional information that may help to try to resolve this issue.

I can use MRC on the servers themselves to connect to my own machine, but am unable toconnect from my machine to the servers using MRC.

When i try ot connect to the server using MRC i first get a message saying the following:

"The DameWare Mini Remote Control is not running on onyxctx2.

Would you like to start it now?

Host: onyxctx2".

I select OK but then get the following error:

"Unable to start Service
System Error: 2
System Message:
The system cannot find the file specified"

When I RPC'ed onto the server and checked the DameWare Mini Remote Control service is was not running. When i selected to start it i get the error:

"Could not start the DameWare Mini Remote Control service on Local Computer

Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."

When i checked the path to the executable 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\DWRCS.EXE -service' the DWRCS.EXE was not in there.

I have tried to load DameWare again but get the same errors. It seems that this executable has been deleted for some reason. How can i retrieve it or load it again?

Thank you for your time and effort.

Kind Regards

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by bryan on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:37 am

Hi threeofspades,

You're welcome and thank you for this additional information. It was very helpful...  

As you have already found, Microsoft's System Error: 2 means File not found, and that's definitely due to the DWRCS.EXE file being missing in the System32 folder.

However, all you should have to do is re-copy the DWRCS.EXE file from your local DameWareInstallation folder to the System32 folder on this remote machine. Then you should be able torestart the Service again.

But you might also want to do a little extra research to find out how this file could have been deleted.

I hope this helps.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:43 am

Hi Bryan,

I took your advice and copied the DWRCS.EXE file from my local machine to the WINDOWS\system32 folder on the server.

When i tried to MRC onto the server i got the request:

"The DameWare Mini Remote Control is not running on onyxctx2.

Would you like to start it now?

Host: onyxctx2".

I selected OK and it came up withthe message:

"Service Start Status:

Starting service....."

I thought that this was looking good but unfortunately it came back to the above message:

"The DameWare Mini Remote Control is not running on onyxctx2.

Would you like to start it now?

Host: onyxctx2".

It seems that the service is starting but is tehn stopping several seconds later.

I RPC'ed onto the server to check out the DameWare Mini Remote Control service. It was setto automatic and was not started. i set it to start and it did so. But about 5 seconds later it just stops.

Not sure what is going on but something is stopping the service from running.

Any ideas?

Kind regards

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by bryan on Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:46 pm

Hi threeofspades,

Thanks very much for the update. This is some great information.

I believe you're right. There appears to be something else here that's stopping the Service from running. What other software do you have running on this machine? Do you have anything like CA eTrust, or Pest Patrol, or Pest Patrol remote (look for ppRemoteService.exe in Task Manager under Processes)?

If this is the cause, then additional information on how to configure the appropriate exception within Pest Patrol is also available in another thread on our forum:

The Dameware mini remote service is not running on XXX.
http://forums.dameware.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=47

Your feedback is appreciated.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Unable to log onto remote machines using DameWare 5.5.0.2
by threeofspades on Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:42 am

Hi Bryan,

Thank you for all your help.

We do have eTrust running on our systems and when i placed the DameWare exception into the Management Console i got DameWare back working on all but one server. But i will check it out and see if i can figure out where the problem is. I'm sure it's just something simple but the service still seems to be stopping on that particular server.

Thanks again for all your help and it was very much appreciated.

Kind Regards

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System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:13 pm

Hello everybody, i got this error today:

AUthentification failed:
System error: 5
System message: Access Denied
Please check the event log on the remote machine for possible cause

And the event gives me this:

Date:01/30/0823:55:21
ComputerName:DJ0DJ0
UserID:DjoDjo
LogonAsID:
Domain:
OSProductID:55274-642-5926024-23226
OSRegisteredOwner:Dj0Dj0
OSRegisteredOrganization:Dj0Dj0
HostNamefromPeer:dj0dj0
IPAddresse(s)fromPeer:192.168.0.17
Host:
IPAddress:(HIDDEN)
ProtocolVersion-DWRCC.EXE:6.650000-2.000000
ProtocolVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.600000-0.600000
ProductVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.63.1.0
AuthenticationType:NTChallenge/Response
LastErrorCode:0
LastErrorCode(WSA):0
Absolutetimeoutsetting:0minutes
Connect/Logontimeoutsetting:90000miliseconds
AccessCheck:
  0 LfLes
º G
º G  ^^* DWMRCSSERVER_NECH
DameWareMiniRemoteControl
SystemError:10061
Unabletoconnecttomailserver-Error:100610 (    """"3333DDDD0 ¸t (

I don't know if the last part (SystemError:10061
Unabletoconnecttomailserver-Error:100610 (    """"3333DDDD0 ¸t ()
is really part of the log concerning DWRCS because the event log was corrupted so ...

I thought it was due to the Absolute timeout setting put to 0 but i don't know..

I hope you'll be able to help me. Thanks in advance

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by bryan on Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:31 pm

The remote machine appears to be running a much older version of the software that we no longer support (i.e. version 3.x).

Therefore, I would suggest you first remove this older version of the Service and install your current version of the Service on the remote machine.

If you still receive the Access Denied error using the current version, then either paste those logs back here again, or send them to our support staff at support@dameware.com for review. There should also be multiple DWMRCS entries, so send the entire text from each entry.

Your feedback is appreciated.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:40 pm

But... i managed to access this remote machine yesterday and then i DIDN'T touch anything (neither settings nor anything else) and now it doesn't work.. So it's not a problem of too much old version.

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by bryan on Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:02 pm

According to the log you posted, this remote machine is running version 3.63 of the MRC Client Agent Service.

ProtocolVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.600000-0.600000
ProductVersion-DWRCS.EXE:3.63.1.0

... and you will not be able to connect to version 3.x of the Client Agent using any 6.x version of the software.

Therefore, please remove the MRC Client Agent from this machine and install the current version. Then you should be able to connect.

You may also want to check the logs on this machine to see if someone else connected after you did and downgraded the Client Agent to this older version. That's the only explanation I can offer at this time.

I hope this helps.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:09 pm

In fact, i connected yesterday for the 1st time to this machine with the DWRCS CLIENT version 3.60.... so i installed the version 3.60... on the remote machine... and it worked! i didn't upgrade the remote version.. (today i tried with both versions of the client and none worked)

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:33 pm

And i forgot to say i had a "Access denied" with DNTU 6.6 !! for the remote command view and a Error for the event logs ...
So it's not linked to DWRCS in fact :s

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by bryan on Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:24 pm

If you in fact connected with version 6.x of the software to a 6.x Client Agent service on the remote machien, then send me the log files from that connection just as I asked you in my original response. Because without that information I cannot help you. Also send me all of the DWMRCS log entries associated with this failed login attempt, not just the connect or disconnect entry.

- What rights do you have within the O/S security on the remote machine?
- What O/S and Service Pack level is installed on both the local & remote machines? If it's XP or Vista, also distinguish the exact version of the O/S as well (i.e. XP Home, XP Pro, etc...).
- Are these machines located on the same LAN, over the WAN, accross the Internet?
- Can you access the Admin$ share on the remote machine (net use \\remotemachine\Admin$) via a CMD prompt on your local machine?

Also, just FYI, DNTU uses a completely different set of ports & protocols and wouldn't have anything to do with your behavior via MRC. Microsoft's APIs used within DNTU use what's called NT "Pass-Through" authentication. Therefore, if you receive Access Denied errors using Remote Command View or Event Log View, this means your current O/S logon credentials don't have sufficient rights within the O/S security on the remote machine. Therefore, you would have to establish an authenticated connection to this remote machine using sufficient credentials (i.e. Administrator), either within the O/S itself or by using DNTU's LogonAs feature.

Bryan Brinkman
Support Engineer
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: System Error: 5 Acces is Denied ??? [I PUT LOGS]
by Mrconnard on Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:44 pm

- What rights do you have within the O/S security on the remote machine?
Administrator rights in theory..
- What O/S and Service Pack level is installed on both the local & remote machines? If it's XP or Vista, also distinguish the exact version of the O/S as well (i.e. XP Home, XP Pro, etc...).
Both XP Pro
- Are these machines located on the same LAN, over the WAN, accross the Internet?
Across the Internet
- Can you access the Admin$ share on the remote machine (net use \\remotemachine\Admin$) via a CMD prompt on your local machine?
No.. Error 1219

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Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by laurin1 on Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:03 pm

When I attempt to do this, I get an error:

Failed to terminate process: iexplore [4016]
System Error: 2
System Message:
The system cannot find the file specified.

This occurs with all processes.

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by laurin1 on Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:09 pm

I just realized the problem is the NT Utilities service is not running. I tried to start it and the service fails:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 12/18/2009
Time: 3:08:03 PM
User: N/A
Computer: KDAVIS.pridedallas.com
Description:
The DameWare NT Utilities 2.6 service failed to start due to the following error:
%%2

For more information, see Help and Support Center athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Data:

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by Marty on Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:06 pm

Hi laurin1,

"System Errors" are actually Microsoft Operating System Errors, not DameWare Errors, and a “System Error: 2" basically means that a required file was not found, therefore, the Service was unable to start. Please make sure all the necessary files are located in the System32 folder on the remote machine (SYSWOW64 folder for 64-bit).

The files for the Client Agent Service are:

DWRCS.EXE
DWRCS.INI (may or may not be there)
DWRCK.DLL
DWRCSET.DLL
DWRCST.EXE
DWRCShell.DLX (or .DLL) (or DWRCSh32 for newer versions) DWRCShell64.DLX (or DLL) (only on 64-bit systems) (DWRCSH64 for newer versions)

If you do find that some of these files are missing from the System32 folder on the remote machine, then I would suggest you check within any type of AntiVirus, AntiSpyware, or Security type software you have installed on your machines, or on the network. This error is typically related to some type of false positive detection, which means all you should have to do is create an exception in this other software.

I hope this helps.

Marty Bonvillain
Support Staff
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by laurin1 on Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:11 pm

I understand all ofthat, however, we have not had this problem until we started using DW on our Windows 7 machines (all are 64 bit.)

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by Marty on Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:21 pm

Hi laurin1,

Are you using the latest release (6.8.1.4)? If not, please try to duplicate this behavior in the latest release.

However, regardless of which O/S you are using, this system error indicates that the issue is with your anti-virus/anti-spyware preventing the client agent service from starting, usually because it has blocked or deleted one of the necessary files. For the NT Utilities client agent, it is actually just one file (DNTUS26.EXE).

You should be able to create or define an exception in your security software to resolve this problem. Also, I would recommend trying a manual install of the client agent service per the following directions:

How To Manually Install or Remove the Mini Remote & NT Utilities Client Agents
http://www.dameware.com/support/kb/article.aspx?ID=100000

I hope this helps.

Marty Bonvillain
Support Staff
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by laurin1 on Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:45 pm

Ijust checked and DNTUS26.EXE file is not in the SYSWOW64 folder, but it's in the System32 folder. I disagree with your analysis. I do not think the Antivirus software is the culprit here. I am going to do some testing to find out for sure. I copied the DNTUS26.EXE into the SYSWOW64 folder, but that had no effect (same errorr.) I will try an exception as well for the AV.

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by Marty on Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:51 pm

Hi laurin1,

Let us know how it works out.

Marty Bonvillain
Support Staff
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by laurin1 on Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:55 pm

AV exception did not work. I believe whatever process you call use to call the service cannot find the file and here's why:

We've had some of the same problems with 32 bit applications on Windows 7 64 Bit not installing their files in the correct folder, or not installing the registry settings in the correct location.

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by Marty on Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:03 pm

Hi laurin1,

Please send an email to support@dameware.com and include the following information:

What version of the software are you using?
What type of antivirus/antispyware do you have installed on your local machine and the remote machine?
If Windows 7 is the remote machine's O/S, what is the O/S on your local machine?

Thanks.

Marty Bonvillain
Support Staff
DameWare Development, LLC.
http://www.dameware.com

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by balbright on Thu Dec 30, 2010 11:21 am

I am having the same problem on Windows 7 64 bit boxes. I would like to know the resolution once one is found.

We are using Dameware version 6.9.0.4.

Re: Windows 7 - Cannot End Process
by laurin1 on Thu Dec 30, 2010 11:50 am

6.9.0.04 fixed the problem for us.