I saw this in the Group Policy Newsgroup:
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Subject: Re: WMI generic failure
From: "Todd J Heron" <
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Sent: 10/5/2004 11:48:46 AM
Copy the lines below into a CMD script and run it on your
machine. Let me
know if it works.
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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" <
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> C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem
>
>
> "Todd J Heron" <[email protected]> wrote
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> What is the path of the path of the wbem folder?
>
> --
> Todd J Heron, MCSE
> Windows 2003/2000/NT
> "t" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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.
>.
>