WMI ERRORs:
Symptoms:
>>Unable to open System Information.
>>WMI Error - Windows Management files may be moved or missing.
8) net start winmgmt
Symptoms:
>>Unable to open System Information.
>>WMI Error - Windows Management files may be moved or missing.
Resolution:
Navigate to Start >> All
programs >> accessories >> right click on CMD >> run as
administrator, and run the below commands one by one.
1) sc config winmgmt start= disabled
2) net stop winmgmt /y
3) %systemdrive%
4) cd %windir%\system32\wbem
5) for /f %s in ('dir /b *.dll') do
regsvr32 /s %s
6) regsvr32
%windir%\system32\tscfgwmi.dll
7) wmiprvse /regserver
8) net start winmgmt
9) for /f %s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') do
mofcomp %s
Restart the machine and the issue should be resolved..
This is amazing. I don't know how long this has been posted but it saved my life today! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome James :)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! This solution solved Windows 8 System Information problem in my laptop.
ReplyDeleteyou are welcome :)
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ReplyDeleteso it all worked until the end a few errors were thrown in I restarted thinking maybe they were normal and when I try to run msinfo 32 it still says windows management files may be moved or missing.
ReplyDeleteAn error occurred while opening the namespace for object 1 defined on lines 21 - 78:
DeleteError Number: 0x80070005, Facility: Win32
Description: Access is denied.
Compiler returned error 0x80070005 this is what it gave me
Sorry for the late reply.
DeleteHave you ran the commands in Admin command prompt
C:\Windows\System32\wbem>wmiprvse /regserver
ReplyDelete'wmiprvse' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
what to do now?
Sorry for the delay in response, kindly ignore this command and proceed further with remaining commands to check the issue
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