Re: Unable to connect to WMI service

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:02:10 +0200

Bob Norris wrote:

> 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?
Hi

Try (using e.g. Start/Run, or a command prompt):

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netshell.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\hnetcfg.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netcfgx.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netman.dll

If that doesn't fix it, a lot of good information in this one about
repairing WMI:

From: Ivan Brugiolo [MSFT] (ivanbrug@online.microsoft.com)
Subject: Re: Windows XP WMI Reinstall
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi
Date: 2004-04-21 00:46:56 PST
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=eg4cXS3JEHA.2380%40TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl

WinXP Pro only:
If nothing in the link above helped, you might want to follow
the procedure here and see if it helps:

How To Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313222 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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