'The system cannot find the file specified' error when performing Remote Execution/Zero-Touch Inventory

Summary

Symptoms

When performing a Remote Execution task, such as Zero-Touch Inventory, you may recieve an error such as the following:

RPC algorithm complete (intermediate error code: -1, lastError contains: "[RPCCommand]|[StartServiceFailed]|The system cannot find the file specified])

Cause

This may be the result of the following registry key being set to 1 (Enabled) on the client machine:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters\EnableSecuritySignature

This is the SMB (Server Message Block) Signing setting. Please see the following Microsoft KB article for more details on this sertting:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887429

Resolution

Please try changing this to 0 and re-running the task.

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Product

FlexNet Manager Suite

Deployment type

On-premises

Visibility

Guest

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