WMI Namespace access configuration is not supported in Domain Group Policy and has to be configured on each monitored machine.
From the Computer Management console, expand Service and Applications.
Right-click on WMI Control and then click Properties to access to WMI configuration.
Open the Security tab.
Select the \Root\CIMV2 namespace:
Click on Security to choose which user or group will be granted access.
In the Security dialog box, click Add.
In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, enter the name of the object (user or group) you want to add.
Click OK.
Click Advanced to open the Advanced Security Settings dialog box:
On the Permissions tab select the desired user in Permissions entries.
Click Edit:
Set Type to Allow, set Applies to to This namespace and subnamespaces, and select the Execute Methods, Enable Account and Remote Enable options:
Click OK to close all windows and apply the changed settings.
See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771551.aspx for more details.
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