Program: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe

[Deckard]

OS is Windows XP SP3. Error message will appear regularly multiple times
throughout the day. Error box title is:

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library

Message inside box is:
Runtime Error!

Program: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contract the application's support team for more information.

I thought this issue was isolated to my laptop (Fujitsu) but now the error
is showing up on my other laptop (Vaio).

Notified the MS helpdesk. Their response was that the issue was related to
a specific program and the only way to isolate the issue is to run msconfig,
remove all non-MS programs from startup routine, reboot to save changes, then
allow each separate application to run to try to isolate the problem. With
all of the programs on my laptop, it would literally take me a month working
full time to test each program, reboot, reconfigure, test, deselect,
reconfigure, reboot, etc., etc.

There has to be a better way to diagnose this issue. Sure, I'd love to have
the time to pickup every grain of sand on the beach, but I'd rather use a
bull dozer.

Deckard