WMI Security error TF255437 when installing TFS 2010 RC

Question

Does anyone know the resolution to the following error. In this scenario, TFS will be using a local report server instance which points uses a separate SQL Server database engine instance.

An error occurred while querying the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interface on the following computer databaseServer. The following error message was received: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)).

Answer 1

You can grant the priveleges temporarily at install time and then remove them. I had the same issue and that appears to be the only solution.