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Why do I receive the error “Windows Update Agent is not supported on this operating system.” when scanning from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 to a remote computer?

April 26, 2017agent Computer Error operating system scanning server supported Windows

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Why do I receive the error “Windows Update Agent is not supported on this operating system.” when scanning from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 to a remote computer?

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Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 provides an added level of security that prevents multiple connections to the same remote computer from using alternate credentials when the scanning computer is joined to a domain. When scanning a remote target computer and you want to use different credentials than your logged-in credentials, use the following command instead of the mbsacli /u and /p (user name and password) command-line options to specify the account to be used in the remote connection: C:\> runas /netonly /user: “cmd.exe” (followed by one or more MBSA commands after the new command prompt window opens). Or C:\> runas /netonly /user: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2\mbsacli.