Re: An "Access Denied" Problem -

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 10/06/02 

From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 23:07:57 +0200

Laurance Foye wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I am the only operator of a stand-alone PC-P4/2GHz-
> 512RAM-new 11/2001. Win XP-Prof.Edit.+SP1,OE&IE 6,-DSL.
>
> When I type msinfo32.exe in Start/Run I get the
> following message:
> "Can't Collect Information. Access denied to Windows
> Management Instrumentation server on this computer. Have
> an administrator change your access permissions."(exact)
>
> I read that Event Log, Remote Procedure Call, & Windows
> Management Instrumentation have to start at boot-up to
> avoid this problem. I found that they do start at boot-up
> normally.
>
> How do I meet the requirement to have
> the "administrator change my access permissions" since I'm
> the only operator?

Hi

Try this:

a. go to Start/Run/CMD and type in: net stop winmgmt
b. delete the %windir&\system32\wbem\repository directory
c. From the command prompt, type: net start winmgmt
d. wmi should recreate the repository

If that doesn't help, try this:

Open a Command Prompt and type "winmgmt /clearadap" to clear prior WMI
/resyncperf information from the registry.

Then type "winmgmt /resyncperf" to register the system performance libraries
with WMI again.

If this doesn't work, post your problem to the group
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi and state the problem/OS version there and
what you have done to try to solve it. The group
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi is monitored by WMI personell from
Microsoft that might have an idea of what is wrong. 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
Porsgrunn Norway

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