Unable to connect to WMI service

From: Bob Norris (bnorris_at_ecology-eng.com.au)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:16:57 -0700

Networking problem
I cannot get ICS to work, it used to but not now!!! when
I click on properties - advanced tab of my ISP i get teh
message"Windows cannot display the properties ofthis
connection. The Window management Instrumentation (WMI)
information might be corrupted. To correct this use
system restore to restore windows to an earlier time
(called restore point).

The trouble is I have no point to restore to. It was
disabled and i had no idea this functin existed!!.

when I run a network diagnostics scan every item shows up
as an error and the detail reads: Unable to connect to
WMI service "\\.\root\cimv2"

has anybody got a fix for this problem?