Hello,I have an WMI application in use. My problem is, that WMI uses random ports between 1024 and 65535 for client communication. So I have to open the full port range for the Client firewalls. I have already set the registry keys as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms809327.aspxbut there was no effect.Thanks for your help.

Hi Mario2112,Thank you for posting in windows server forums, Can you please tell us how are you opening the port range ? are you using code ? or using windows firewall built into the clients ?Please do let us know the Operating system you are refereing.

Hello,the server is an Win2003 Server and the clients mostly use WinXP SP3.The ports are opened by the spiceworks asset software (www.spiceworks.com).The Clients use the Trend Micro Firewall, where I can specify the allowed ports.As I was told by spiceworks support, that an static range for WMI can be set by the operating system.

Hi, As it is a developing issue, please post a new thread to our MSDN Forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories Hope this helps.

Hi ,Please follow Miles suggestion , your problem requires analyzing your code and i guess you need to query the trend micro firewall to open the ports.This forum doesnt support program related queries and the API calls that can be supported.

Hello,isn't there a global setting in the operating system, where to set the used ports for WMI?

Hi,I think you may check the following article.Setting Up a Fixed Port for WMIhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219447(VS.85).aspxHope it will meet your requirement.Thanks,Miles