MSINFO32.exe

[Guest]

Hello

I am trying to see what hardware components my PC has. In Run I type
msinfo32.exe (I have Win XP Home), but I get a message along the lines that
Windows cannot access the Windows Management Instrumentation Software.

After I use Run and press enter, a window pops up, menu on the left and
wider pane on the right, but Windows is not able to retrieve information from
the system. I seem to be missing some file or other.

Can anyone help, please?

Many thanks.

SteveH

 

[Steve Parry]

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Hello

I am trying to see what hardware components my PC has. In Run I type
msinfo32.exe (I have Win XP Home), but I get a message along the
lines that Windows cannot access the Windows Management
Instrumentation Software.

After I use Run and press enter, a window pops up, menu on the left
and wider pane on the right, but Windows is not able to retrieve
information from the system. I seem to be missing some file or other.

Can anyone help, please?

Many thanks.

SteveH

If you goto
Start
Run
type
services.msc
click OK
<services.msc opens>

and navigate to the Windows Management Instrumention is it started and set
to automatic? The Windows Management Instrumention Driver Extensions is
default at Manual

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Msinfo32.exe Generates a "Can't Collect Information" Error Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323209

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello

I am trying to see what hardware components my PC has. In Run I type
msinfo32.exe (I have Win XP Home), but I get a message along the lines that
Windows cannot access the Windows Management Instrumentation Software.

After I use Run and press enter, a window pops up, menu on the left and
wider pane on the right, but Windows is not able to retrieve information from
the system. I seem to be missing some file or other.

Can anyone help, please?

Many thanks.

SteveH

 

[Guest]

Many thanks for your replies.

Yes, Steve, it is set to automatic - but the problem still remains.

Thanks, Ramesh. I'll visit the link.

Cheers

Steve