http://blogs.technet.com/b/reference_point/archive/2012/11/22/wmi-throuhg-firewall.aspxIn a number of ocasions have been asked to configure services running under the svchost process to pass through the Firewall on Windows XP. Particularly for WMI access as administrators and applications might need it for performing data collection, monitoringen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/reference_point/archive/2012/11/22/wmi-throuhg-firewall.aspx#3534362Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:53:10 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3534362Santosh Bhandarkar<p>You might want to correct the typo. WMI &quot; throuhg &quot; firewall to WMI through firewall :-)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3534362" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/reference_point/archive/2012/11/22/wmi-throuhg-firewall.aspx#3534361Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:51:23 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3534361Santosh Bhandarkar<p>Nice Write-up Paulo.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3534361" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/reference_point/archive/2012/11/22/wmi-throuhg-firewall.aspx#3534232Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:24:37 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3534232Caio Vilas Boas<p>Does it work the same way for Windows 7 and Windows 8?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3534232" width="1" height="1">