Comments on: WMI Error: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040208) http://thinknook.com/wmi-error-system-runtime-interopservices-comexception-0x80040208-2012-11-07/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wmi-error-system-runtime-interopservices-comexception-0x80040208 Because the world needs another Business Intelligence blog! Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: camelya http://thinknook.com/wmi-error-system-runtime-interopservices-comexception-0x80040208-2012-11-07/#comment-1331 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:21:55 +0000 http://thinknook.com/?p=812#comment-1331 Hi, Ibrahim!
Thank you,once again!
I’ve carefully read article you suggested!
The truth is, I already set this all permissions for Network service and Local Service, but individually. Now I’ve added accounts to DCOM Users Group and Performance Monitor Users Group and repeated this sequence for groups. Unfortunately, nothing changed for the better. The only thing I am not sure are security permisiion desciptors for ReportServer service – I just have copied ones from article. Now I have to look into this DECRIPTOR’s subject more closely. But, I can tell you that my hope is almost gone (:

]]> By: admin http://thinknook.com/wmi-error-system-runtime-interopservices-comexception-0x80040208-2012-11-07/#comment-1204 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:22:01 +0000 http://thinknook.com/?p=812#comment-1204 Hi Camelya,

It is frustrating isn’t it? :)

For my particular scenario the solution above was sufficient, so I did not investigate the problem further. But maybe (maybe being the operative keyword here) this article can help, since you are dealing with local accounts rather than domain accounts:

Essentially what you are trying to do is give a local account access to WMI, in order to do that you would roughly need to:

1) add the user (LOCAL SERVICE/NETWORK SERVICE to the “Distributed COM Users” and “Performance Monitor Users” user group (use the snap-in window: lusrmgr.msc)

2) Edit the “Launch and Activation Permissions” on your COM objects (through COM Security tab in the “My Computer” branch using the snap-in window: dcomcnfg). Make sure the above user groups have access for local and/or remote launch and activation.

3) Edit WMI security for those 2 user groups, this can be done using the snap-in window: wmimgmt.msc

Although my recommendation (and this is a bit of a side issue) is to not use the default local service accounts to run those services, instead I would customize either a local or domain account instead… but u probably already know that :)

]]> By: camelya http://thinknook.com/wmi-error-system-runtime-interopservices-comexception-0x80040208-2012-11-07/#comment-1203 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:17:40 +0000 http://thinknook.com/?p=812#comment-1203 Hi, Ibrahim!
I am struggling with exactly same error right now – WMI is not working when SSRS Service account is LOCAL SERVICE OR NETWORK SERVICE. Your article really helped me to understand the nature of this error. But, unfortunately, given solutions are not working in my case.
Maybe, you have discovered other details since then??
Thank you
P.S.
My post to SSRS forum

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