My computer says my WMI provider has stopped working and my McAfee has stopped as well
I tried to do a system restore and it will not let me... keeps my upcoming WMI provider has stopped working and my McAfee has stopped working as well... tried redownloading and nothing happens
Hello
You can determine exactly what causes most of the problems by following the steps below:
1 put the computer into safe mode and see if the problem persists, see the below mentioned link to start the computer in safe mode
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode
2. If the problem is not repeated in safe mode, there is probably a startup item or service is causing the problem. Follow the steps on the following link to locate the item or service responsible for the error:
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
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