http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx[A quick AMT troubleshooting post from Carol Bailey ] It's recently come to our attention that the out of band management console that is used to connect to AMT-based computers has a problem running on Windows XP SP2. We're in the process of updatingen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx#3244725Sat, 23 May 2009 00:21:15 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3244725Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff<p>In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager</p> http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx#3245712Tue, 26 May 2009 16:06:54 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3245712Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS<p>Full Title: The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with Error 0x80072EE9</p> http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx#3245718Tue, 26 May 2009 16:30:10 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3245718Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com<p>Full Title: The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with Error 0x80072EE9</p> http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx#3245919Wed, 27 May 2009 00:07:06 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3245919The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog<p>Carol Bailey just posted a workaround for an issue where the out of band management console that is used</p> http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx#3253751Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:00:17 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3253751Trevor Sullivan<p>Hmmm, I do believe this came as a result of one of my Premiere tickets, lol :)</p> <p>-Trevor</p>http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx#3253753Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:01:14 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3253753Trevor Sullivan<p>Oh, and FYI, I just posted about this similar issue at the Intel vPro Expert Center. Here's the link:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/vproexpert/blog/2009/06/08/microsoft-oob-console-requirement">http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/vproexpert/blog/2009/06/08/microsoft-oob-console-requirement</a></p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>-Trevor</p>http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/22/the-out-of-band-management-console-on-windows-xp-sp2-fails-to-connect-with-error-0x80072ee9.aspx#3256272Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:28:34 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3256272Carol Bailey - MSFT<p>Hi Trevor - yes, we incorporate customer feedback into the docs :) &nbsp;I would also like to thank Trevor Duke for working with me to confirm the technical details so that we could get this information out to other customers. </p> <p>Windows Server 2003 SP1 also has the same problem, and we realized this just in time to add it to our updated troubleshooting docs: &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431360.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431360.aspx</a> </p> <p>I suspect this platform limitation hasn't quite made it into our Supported Configurations docs yet, so if it's not updated, check again next month.</p> <p>- Carol</p>