RSAT tools not installing on a workstation with SCCM
If you are facing issues installing RSAT tools on a windows machine running SCCM agent ‘SMS Agent Host‘, refer to steps below to overcome the issue and install the RSAT tools.
- Stop Service ‘SMS Agent Host’ – Net Stop CCMEXEC
- Rename file registry.pol, its located under %root%\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine
- Execute command Gpupdate /force, once complete – it will recreate the file registry.pol
- Restart windows service ‘Windows Update‘ ‘wuauserv‘
- Open powershell and execute command – ‘Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online‘
Once installed, start service ‘SMS Agent Host’.
Check the installation status of RSAT tools using PS command –
Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, State
