Windows XP Windows Management Instrumentation service not working

[Naomi5907]

Hello all! I'm new to this forum and hopefully I've posted this in the right forum. My problem is this....I can't seem to get my windows firewall to start. I found another thread here called "Security Center unavailable?" (posted 12-01-2005) where there were a few things listed to turn on....upon trying to start these I came to Windows Management Instrumentation. When I tried starting this I got an error message saying "Could not start the Windows Management Instrumentation service on local computer. Error 126: The specified module could not be found".

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I don't have the disks for the operating system as I bought the computer off ebay (I have verified the OS and it is authentic according to Microsoft).

Any help would be great!

Thanks,
Naomi5907

 

[Shorty]

Not without the original installation media. Sorry but it's a component part of Windows that can only be reinstalled via the Windows XP CD.

Download Sygate -> http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=53687

Fantastic personal firewall, more configurable than Windows Firewall as well. Security center should pick it up as a recognised firewall.