Remove WMI

[WhiteTea77581]

How do you remove WMI (SDK) from Windows XP?

Thanks,
Andy

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Why would you want to remove Windows Management Instrumentation?

 

[WhiteTea77581]

Why would you want to remove Windows Management Instrumentation?

I don't run scripts.

Andy

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

You haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.

 

[WhiteTea77581]

You haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not
reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. 2
Corinthians 9:7

 

[John John - MVP]

I don't run scripts.

You might not but many of the applications that you use may do so and
many software installation packages may also do so.

It's your computer and you can do as you please with it but I assure you
that if you remove WMI you will eventually have problems! Posters have
posted here before reporting severe problems because WMI wasn't
functioning properly and truth be know that a broken WMI can be *very*
difficult to fix! More often than not a reinstall of the operating
system is the only way to fix WMI. I think you should reconsider your plan.

John

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not
reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. 2
Corinthians 9:7

"If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out." (Mark 9:47)

"Jesus saves but Moses invests." (Anonymous)

 

[WhiteTea77581]

You might not but many of the applications that you use may do so and
many software installation packages may also do so.

It's your computer and you can do as you please with it but I assure you
that if you remove WMI you will eventually have problems!  Posters have
posted here before reporting severe problems because WMI wasn't
functioning properly and truth be know that a broken WMI can be *very*
difficult to fix!  More often than not a reinstall of the operating
system is the only way to fix WMI.  I think you should reconsider your plan.

John

I did some research about the subject and found out the functions of
WMI.

I think you jumped to conclusions and gave a vague answer as to why
WMI should not be removed.

Andy

 

[John John - MVP]

I did some research about the subject and found out the functions of
WMI.

I think you jumped to conclusions and gave a vague answer as to why
WMI should not be removed.

Then I am sure that you already know that amongst others the following
services rely on WMI:

System Information
Security Center
System Restore
Terminal Services

and probably a few more that I don't off hand know of. So while you are
at it you should uninstall or at least disable these services so that
they don't constantly complain and give you error messages. Along with
the above services there are device drivers and network applications
supplied by NIC manufacturers that also rely on WMI, so be prepared to
deal with these too.

John