Repair Windows management instrumentation

[Mark Christensen]

Hello,

I've got XP Pro SP2 that had been running fine for over a year until about 2
weeks ago. According to the event viewer, on 9/20/06 my Windows Management
Instrumentation unexpectedly terminated and was automatically restarted. I
don't know what caused this (I didn't install any new software or anything)
but it has been happening ever since, and because other services are
dependent on it, they keep stopping and starting. It's getting to the point
that the computer is almost unusable. How can I fix WMI so it doesn't keep
terminating? Thanks very much for the help.

Mark

 

[WTC]

I've got XP Pro SP2 that had been running fine for over a year until
about 2 weeks ago. According to the event viewer, on 9/20/06 my
Windows Management Instrumentation unexpectedly terminated and
was automatically restarted. I don't know what caused this (I didn't
install any new software or anything) but it has been happening ever
since, and because other services are dependent on it, they keep
stopping and starting. It's getting to the point that the computer is
almost unusable. How can I fix WMI so it doesn't keep
bterminating? Thanks very much for the help.

Repairing and re-registering the WMI
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

 

[Mark Christensen]

Thanks for the help. I downloaded and ran the diag tool but it found
nothing. Should I move on to the next steps?

I've got XP Pro SP2 that had been running fine for over a year until
about 2 weeks ago. According to the event viewer, on 9/20/06 my
Windows Management Instrumentation unexpectedly terminated and
was automatically restarted. I don't know what caused this (I didn't
install any new software or anything) but it has been happening ever
since, and because other services are dependent on it, they keep
stopping and starting. It's getting to the point that the computer is
almost unusable. How can I fix WMI so it doesn't keep
bterminating? Thanks very much for the help.

Repairing and re-registering the WMI
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

 

[WTC]

I would perform the next steps, it shouldn't hurt your computer.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Thanks for the help. I downloaded and ran the diag tool but it found
nothing. Should I move on to the next steps?

I've got XP Pro SP2 that had been running fine for over a year until
about 2 weeks ago. According to the event viewer, on 9/20/06 my
Windows Management Instrumentation unexpectedly terminated and
was automatically restarted. I don't know what caused this (I didn't
install any new software or anything) but it has been happening ever
since, and because other services are dependent on it, they keep
stopping and starting. It's getting to the point that the computer is
almost unusable. How can I fix WMI so it doesn't keep
bterminating? Thanks very much for the help.

Repairing and re-registering the WMI
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]