Reinstall WMI without reinstalling XP?

[Charlie Moore]

I evidently have corrupt Windows Management Instrumentation service (WMI).
Restore point installation does not fix it. Any other approaches to this
without doing a reinstall of XP? Thanks.
Charlie Moore

xp pro version 2002 sp2

 

[S.Sengupta]

1.Use the Start menu to right-click My Computer.

2. Press the Manage item.

3. Double-click Services and Applications in the left-hand pane.

4. Press Services to expand it.

5. Scroll to Windows Management Instrumentation in the right-hand pane
and right-click it.

6. Press Stop.

7. Use Windows Explorer to delete all the files in the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository folder.

8. Shutdown and restart your computer. The Windows Management
Instrumentation service will start and the files will be re-created.

http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBK/tip5200/rh5281.htm

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Charlie Moore]

Thanks, but I tried this and when the system comes back up it still doesnt
work. When I go and check it, the service is stopped and when I try and
restart it, I get an error message sayin something like:
Could not start the service...
Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for
deletion.
? any further thoughts

 

[S.Sengupta]

Windows Management Instrumentation - WinMgmt could not initialize the
core parts-http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm]

Go to Start/Run/CMD and then run each of these hitting enter after each:

winmgmt /clearadap
winmgmt /kill
winmgmt /unregserver
winmgmt /regserver
winmgmt /resyncperf

This may or may not repair the repository but will re-install wmi into
the registry.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Charlie Moore]

Thank you. I think my original problem was deleting only the contents of the
"Respository" directory and not the entire directory. All is well now.
Charlie

Windows Management Instrumentation - WinMgmt could not initialize the core
parts-http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm]

Go to Start/Run/CMD and then run each of these hitting enter after each:

winmgmt /clearadap
winmgmt /kill
winmgmt /unregserver
winmgmt /regserver
winmgmt /resyncperf

This may or may not repair the repository but will re-install wmi into the
registry.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Thanks, but I tried this and when the system comes back up it still
doesnt work. When I go and check it, the service is stopped and when I
try and restart it, I get an error message sayin something like:
Could not start the service...
Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for
deletion.
? any further thoughts