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Scanning Diagnostics: Failed to connect to the Remote Registry Service

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Scanning Diagnostics: Failed to connect to the Remote Registry Service

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/02/2021
Created
11/03/2021
Added
11/02/2021
Modified
11/02/2021

Description

The following information is for Scan Diagnostic purposes only, and is not indicative of a detected vulnerability.

An unexpected error occurred when connecting with the Remote Registry Service

Windows Registry access is critical to accurate Vulnerability and Policy scans. The registry contains information that is used to detect software, services and vulnerabilities. It is also used to ascertain certain configuration options that are required for policy assessments.

Solution(s)

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