How do I add my network?

Question

After adding my new PC to a wireless connection I get this error.

0x80041003 (WBEM_E_ACCESS_DENIED)

I found this out about it.

This typically results when the process trying to access the namespace does not have the required WMI privileges. The account attempting remote access should be an administrator on the target computer; in addition, the account might need to have a specific privilege enabled.

To troubleshoot this error, check the namespace security on the remote namespace to see the privileges enabled for the account.

How do I do this?

New PC is Vista home the other that is the admin and connected to the router is XP

Answer 1

Vista?   This WMI error is from the computer machine account that does not have enough permission to used the required Resource.  Administrator account isDifferent on a vista machine than it is ona  Win XP machine.  XP admin is really full access to everything.  100%

Vista has shades of gray to what it will allow access to. You are in a gray area that you need access and Vista does not think that you should have it. You need to adjust the security profile in Vista software to grant access to the WMI resource that your program requires.  Service packs do not change the Security access prelivilages.  The maintain the current status.  The Administrator account for the machine has to cahnge the access and secrity for the application in question.

Good luck.  

Answer 2

Good question, haven't seen that one before.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=282949

Try upgrading to the newest service pack if you haven't already...

Answer 3

To add a machine to a connection when you have a router, you generally it to the network, not to any specific computer on the network.

For a wireless connection, this entails either detecting and joining a network (hopefully one you're authorized to use) that's broadcasting its network name (SSID) or knowing and selecting the SSID of a network that's not.  Using the right encryption for the network is also a good idea.

So you might be working down the wrong path altogether.

Hope that helps.