Fatal error in WMI. What it means and how to fix it?

I tried to do maintenance on my computer. However, I get the following message: cannot access the Windows Management Instrumentation software. Management of Windows files may missing or moved. I don't know what that means and I don't know how to fix it. I know that my computer is running like * now.

If you see a message like this:

Unable to access Windows Management Instrumentation software.  Management of Windows files may be displaced or missing.

Either the Windows Management Instrumentation Service is not running or your information from WMI files are missing or damaged. It is easy to rebuild the WMI information files and replace all the files corrupted or suspicious.

To solve your problem, stop the Windows Management Instrumentation service, rename the folder WMI suspicious or distressed, then restart your system.  When the system restarts, the WMI service will start automatically and rebuild the WMI folder and it's content automatically.

Here's the process:

Click Start, run and enter in the box:

services.msc

Click OK to launch the Services applet.

Locate the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.  If the status column indicates that the WMI Service is started (ongoing), right-click on the WMI Service and choose to stop the WMI Service.

Answered in the affirmative, if requested to stop Security Center and Windows Firewall Services (with stopped services, your system is vulnerable to attacks from the Internet, so do not receive is not on the Internet again until you reboot your system).

Now would be a good time to check also the properties of the WMI Service to make sure the startup type is set to automatic for the Service WMI will start automatically the next time the system is restarted.

The Explorer, navigate to the following folder (assuming that your boot drive is C):

C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\
 
Locate and then rename the folder "Repository" to something, as you remember, such as:

Repository.Old

Restart the computer, and then make sure that the WMI service is restarted automatically and that a new repository folder has been created to replace the one that has been renamed.  It may take a while to completely rebuild the file storage (several seconds or minutes) so expect it ends.
 
After the reboot, you will notice the wmiprvse.exe Service running in the Task Manager and it will continue to run until it completes the reconstruction of the repository (this may take a little time).

The rebuilding process could take several minutes depending on your system, but eventually the wmiprvse.exe Service ends and disappear from the Manager tasks.

If you then look at the Event Viewer Application log, there may be some error messages like this:

Event type: error
Event source: WinMgmt
Event category: no
Event ID: 4
Description:
Failed to load C:\WINDOWS\MICROSOFT.NET\FRAMEWORK\V4.0.30319\MOF\SERVICEMODEL MOF. MOF by retrieving the file from the repository.

This is normal because when the system restarts, the wmiprvse.exe process has to rebuild parts of the repository as well. It is a mistake to sequence as shown below. You should not see these mistakes again after the system has been rebooted and catches up and finishes rebuilding the WMI repository.

Explanations for errors encountered in the case of the Application of visualization of the newspaper the WMI repository is rebuilt:

Explanation
Windows Management Instrumentation could have tried to compile the file (mofcomp) a .mof marked for ASR, but compilation failed. This is probably due to a sequencing problem.
   
User action
To correct the problem, try to compile the .mof again. If this does not resolve the problem, contact the provider of technical support for the program in question.

You shouldn't need to do something about these error messages and do not see again them after that XP has finished rebuilding the WMI repository.

I can't say how long this will take to rebuild, maybe 10 to 15 minutes until it settles completely.

Tags: Windows

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