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following error appears while scaning remote computer hrough MBSA 2.1 "Windows Update Agent is not supported on this operating system"

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I have checked the windows update agent and it is fine; i have checked the remote registory service on targeted computer and found that it is not available in the windows services. Please advice.
- Edited by Santosh Kumar Nair Friday, June 26, 2009 6:30 PM fixing thread title bug
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:36 AM
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Hi Yasir Abid,
Please try the MBSA Newsgroup instead.
MBSA Newsgroups
Server: news.microsoft.com
Group: microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer
Hope this helps,
Vincenzo Di Russo - Microsoft MVP Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Desktop Experience & Security - Since 2003. ~~~ My MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Vincenzo- Marked as answer by Sean Zhu -Moderator Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:03 AM
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:54 AM
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Hi Yasir Abid,
Please try the MBSA Newsgroup instead.
MBSA Newsgroups
Server: news.microsoft.com
Group: microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer
Hope this helps,
Vincenzo Di Russo - Microsoft MVP Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Desktop Experience & Security - Since 2003. ~~~ My MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Vincenzo- Marked as answer by Sean Zhu -Moderator Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:03 AM
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:54 AM -
The MBSA newsgroup link is dead... Please advise, Im getting the "Windows Update Agent is not supported on this operating system" error also.Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:43 PM
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In my enviroment I fixed this issue by turning on the remote registry in windows 7. MBSA scanned just fine on my test group after starting the service.
Might be a good idea to turn it off after you get done scanning. You can control services with the "sc" command in a script or use group policy to set its start state (auto,manual,disabled). I havent dug deep enough to see if you can start the service with gpo.
- Proposed as answer by Denis.Pasternak Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:32 AM
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:31 PM -
Thank you, really need to enable the Remote Registry serviceWednesday, January 11, 2012 6:33 AM