Owner's Manual

260 Configuring Protocols to Send Information to IT Assistant
For Managed Systems Running Windows 2000
NOTE: The WMI core is installed with Windows 2000 by default.
1 Click Start  Settings  Control Panel  Administrative Tools 
Computer Management .
2 In the Computer Management (Local) tree, expand the Local Users and
Groups branch and click the Users folder.
3 On the menu bar, click Action and then click New User .
a In the New User dialog box, fill in the required information fields with
the user name and password – for example,
CIMUser and DELL .
(These are only examples for illustration; you should set user names
and passwords as appropriate for your enterprise.)
b Ensure that you deselect the User must change password at next
logon
check box.
c Click Create .
4 In the right pane of the Computer Management dialog box, double-click
CIMUser .
You may have to scroll through the list to locate
CIMUser .
5 In the CIMUser Properties dialog box, click the Member Of tab.
6 Click Add .
7 Click Administrators , click Add , and then click OK .
8 Click OK again, and then close the Computer Management dialog box.
9 Install Client Instrumentation 7. x or Server Administrator, depending on
whether the system is a client or a server.
10 Restart the system.
For Managed Systems Running Windows XP Professional
As mentioned previously, the improved security in Windows XP mandates
that the client be in the same domain as the IT Assistant system. Also, when
implementing your own user name and password, do not specify a blank
password.