How to re-install WMI for Windows XP

I have a problem with my WMI it's corrupted after installing SP2 for
Windows XP.

I have tried everything (I believe): Rebuilding repository has no
effect, tried remove "hide" in sysoc.inf for WBEM, but I could not
remove the checkmark in the Windows program components to remove the
application....

I have not found any article about re-installing WMI on a Windows XP.

Does any have any idea ?

Regards
Frank Röder
Systems Engineer.

I saw this in the Group Policy Newsgroup:

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Copy the lines below into a CMD script and run it on your
machine. Let me
know if it works.

--
Todd J Heron, MCSE
Windows 2003/2000/NT

COPY ALL LINES BELOW:

net stop winmgmt

pause

c:

cd c:\windows\system32\wbem

rd /S /Q repository

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\scecli.dll

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\userenv.dll

mofcomp cimwin32.mof

mofcomp cimwin32.mfl

mofcomp rsop.mof

mofcomp rsop.mfl

for /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s

for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mof') do mofcomp %%s

for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mfl') do mofcomp %%s

mofcomp exwmi.mof

mofcomp -n:root\cimv2\applications\exchange wbemcons.mof

mofcomp -n:root\cimv2\applications\exchange smtpcons.mof

mofcomp exmgmt.mof


"t" <t@t.t> wrote in message
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> C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem
>
>
> "Todd J Heron" <todd_heron_no_spam@hotmail.com> wrote
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> news:#WoBl6LqEHA.3980@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> What is the path of the path of the wbem folder?
>
> --
> Todd J Heron, MCSE
> Windows 2003/2000/NT
> "t" <t@t.t> wrote in message
> news:%234NhNN0pEHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
> any 1 could help on this, any time try to create new
WMI filter it gives
> me an error "Generic Failure" 0X80041001 WBEM_E_FAILED
call failed, tried
> to
> stop WMI services and restarted it but it did not fix
the problem. rebuild
> the WMI repository also did not fix the problem.
> I am running out of Ideas, re-install windows 2003
server in not an
> option.
> Please help.
>
> Tim
>
>

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>-----Original Message-----
>I have a problem with my WMI it's corrupted after
installing SP2 for
>Windows XP.
>
>I have tried everything (I believe): Rebuilding
repository has no
>effect, tried remove "hide" in sysoc.inf for WBEM, but I
could not
>remove the checkmark in the Windows program components
to remove the
>application....
>
>I have not found any article about re-installing WMI on
a Windows XP.
>
>Does any have any idea ?
>
>Regards
>Frank Röder
>Systems Engineer.
>.
>

I ran the script. A number of errors. Generally invalid namespace or
missing .mof files. They follow:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem>mofcomp Outlook_01c3d2f4d6781d55.mof
Microsoft (R) 32-bit MOF Compiler Version 5.1.2600.2180
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp. 1997-2001. All rights reserved.
Parsing MOF file: Outlook_01c3d2f4d6781d55.mof
MOF file has been successfully parsed
Storing data in the repository...
An error occurred while creating object 1 defined on lines 31 - 163:
0X80041002 Class, instance, or property 'Win32_PerfRawData' was not
found.
Compiler returned error 0x80041001

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem>mofcomp exwmi.mof
Microsoft (R) 32-bit MOF Compiler Version 5.1.2600.2180
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp. 1997-2001. All rights reserved.
File 'exwmi.mof' not found!

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem>mofcomp -n:root\cimv2\applications\exchange
wbemcons.mof
Microsoft (R) 32-bit MOF Compiler Version 5.1.2600.2180
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp. 1997-2001. All rights reserved.
Parsing MOF file: wbemcons.mof
MOF file has been successfully parsed
Storing data in the repository...
An error occurred while opening the namespace for object 1 defined on
lines 3 - 10:
Error Number: 0x8004100e, Facility: WMI
Description: Invalid namespace

Compiler returned error 0x8004100e
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem>mofcomp -n:root\cimv2\applications\exchange
smtpcons.mof
Microsoft (R) 32-bit MOF Compiler Version 5.1.2600.2180
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp. 1997-2001. All rights reserved.
Parsing MOF file: smtpcons.mof
MOF file has been successfully parsed
Storing data in the repository...
An error occurred while opening the namespace for object 1 defined on
lines 4 - 16:
Error Number: 0x8004100e, Facility: WMI
Description: Invalid namespace

Compiler returned error 0x8004100e
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem>mofcomp exmgmt.mof
Microsoft (R) 32-bit MOF Compiler Version 5.1.2600.2180
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp. 1997-2001. All rights reserved.
File 'exmgmt.mof' not found!

Win XP pro service pack 2
After installing speed up my pc and win tasks pro ....system information no longer worked.
uninstalled both programs
system info continued to not work ...brought up help and support.
Tried MSINFO32.exe from Start Run...still no help.
tried to restore restore point from an earlier known working point.
did not help.
Verified that DCOM , event logging, error reporting, Remote procedure call (rpc),and WMI were started and set to automatic.
I noticed that C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\OfflineCache\index.dat was missing.
Possibly from a windows cleanup program
copied from another XP computer.
I eventually got system info to start But could not Collect Information.
copied the above script and ran from command prompt as bat file.
received the errors also of name space and MOF
so I think the registering of the DLL's is what solved the problem.
although I did get errors that the WMI files were corrupt and missing it turned out to not be the case.
I think I may check for registry errors,clear event log, check that all installed programs are operating, make sure windows and other programs are fully updated, create restore point and see how things go.
This may be an old post that I am replying to but I think others may still find some value in it like I did.
Good luck and Happy Computing
Supertech1024

Hi,

I had a problem where WMI was not registered as a service at all. Tried to repair XP, run sfc, but nothing helped.
This batch file did the trick and WMI is now running.

Thanks a lot,
T.

This one worked for me

Click Start > Run and type in

rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection WBEM 132 %windir%\inf\wbemoc.inf

You will need an XP CD with the same version you have installed.