Help-- I am lost- I love the SCM but I can not get past this error message
Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication. I have spent the last two days trying to get this figured out- I have unloaded SCM, SQL many...
View ArticleUsing LocalGPO.wsf for standalone PC's
I am new to SCM and have read nice things about the new lgpo tool. I have edited a local user policy on a kiosk machine and want to export and put on other kiosk PC's. I need some direction on exactly...
View ArticleAllow Remote Shell Access
We are having a hard time understanding the "Allow Remote Shell Access" Windows 7 SP1 policy that SCM sets in its template. Can someone help us understand why the GPO is set to "Enabled" when the the...
View ArticleRevoking IE9 Baseline
Hello, I took the MS IE9 baseline and applied on a standalone desktop using LocalGPO Outlook Web Access (OWA) doesn't work after applying the baseline. Basically HTTPS sites are not working. I want to...
View ArticleGRC MP in SCSM 2012 RC - cannot add Authority Document to Program
Hi, I installed SCSM 2012 RC and the newest GRC MP 2012. I followed the documentation and everything went fine. So I was able to install the GRC MP - I see all the datawarehouse "cubes", I see the...
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LocalGPO problem on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
Applying SCM 2.5 LocalGPO / GPOPack to Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 results in this error when viewing policy via gpedit.msc... After restarting the computer, it appears as if no policy changes were...
View ArticleCannot open database 'XTrans' requested by the login. The login failed. Login...
Hi, everybody. After successfully installing SCM 2.0, I'm getting an error when launching it: Cannot open database 'XTrans' requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed user 'domain\user' I'm...
View ArticleSCM - Windows 7 SP1 Computer Security Compliance
After applying the windows 7 default security Compliance policy, i am unable to mount any cifs shares. What part of this policy would not allow this? My error message is when I go to put a user and...
View ArticleLocalGPO on Win7 screws up Advanced Firewall
I have a GPO backup that contains zero references to any Windows firewall settings. It sets some MSS and a few dozen other settings. However, when I use LocalGPO to apply this to a standalone computer...
View ArticleWhile installing, Failed to Initialize Database
trying to install scm v2 beta. first i got 1603 error and had to set public='%systemroot%'. now i get 1603 and log file states the following SearchRegKeyForSqlServer: Successfully determined instance...
View ArticleWindows Script Host Pop-up when importing a GPOPack with MLGPO switch
Hello, I'm trying to import domain policies through localGPO to a master image (the image being in a workgroup). OS is Windows 7 SP1, language is French. Target is to add a task in MDT to do the job....
View ArticleSCM 2.5 Error when importing backup Serve 2003 SP2
Wasn't sure where to note this error. When exporting Local GPO policies using the /export /path: there is a fault that happens which makes the backup unable to import into SCM 2.5. The error is when...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Security Guide
Hello, I am trying to find the latest (if it exists) version of the "Windows Server 2008 R2 Security Guide". I found the version 1.0 (Beta) in the Compliance Manager (ver 1.1) installation. I have now...
View ArticleAutomated Compliance Tests Problem
Hello all, i have installed the System Center Service Manager 2010 (Version 7.0.5826.0), the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and the Service Manager GRC Management Pack with all the related...
View ArticleCannot bind a SSL certificate to a port from withing a LocalSystem AppPool...
I'm having some trouble binding a SSL certificate to a specific port using the following command: netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:8091 certhash=861CEA13D9F0DB7054D8826D9983DBECEC600B3C...
View ArticleUnable to RDP from Windows XP to Windows 7 machine configured with Windows 7...
Scenario: I have two machines, a Windows XP and a Windows 7 machine in OU 1. There is another Windows 7 machine in OU 2. Both OUs are subject to exactly the same policies, namely the Windows 7 EC...
View ArticleSecurity Compliance Manager installer is just terrible
First of all, if you try to install SCM on a domain controller it will fail. Why? Because the installer will go and automatically download SQL Express 2008 and install it with default options that...
View ArticleLocalGPO on Win8/Server 2012
Yes I realize that Win8/Server 2012 have not RTM'd yet, but the localGPO tool refuses to add the MSS settings to my Server 2012 RC instance. How soon can we expect an update to SCM to support...
View ArticleHow does one perform compliance checking against a merged GPO set?
Good morning, We are attempting to set up a customized GPO set for several versions of Windows OS (XP, Win7, Win2003, Win2008, etc.). All of these systems are standalone so utilizing an enterprise type...
View ArticleIE 9 blocking some features after Implement Microsoft SCM
Hi all, i used Microsoft SCM to configure IE9 with the best practice , after exporting the policy and import it to my GPO , i have the following problems 1- in SharePoint i can view lists, or view...
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