XP HE - loss of Firewall via WMI corruption

[William Sanders]

The solution for every non-hardware problem is probably
best - Back up data and reinstall Windows

PS I am not a technician, so feel free to see what other
people say first.

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to setup the XP firewall. When i go into
>properties I get the error message that my WMI is
>corrupted and that I need to go back to a restore point.
>The knowledge base says I need to do a repair
instalation
>of Windows.
>
>I cannot go back to a restore point
>
>I have made a repair installation as suggested and still
>nothing.
>
>Any ideas?
>.
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

What I say is that I have yet to meet more than one or two problems that
require a reinstall. Note that a repair installation is different. Read
up on "recovery options" in Help and Support.

OTOH, a reinstall is sometimes faster than a fix, but you need good
backups, which most folks don't have.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"William Sanders" > wrote in
message ...

> The solution for every non-hardware problem is probably
> best - Back up data and reinstall Windows
>
> PS I am not a technician, so feel free to see what other
> people say first.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm trying to setup the XP firewall. When i go into
> >properties I get the error message that my WMI is
> >corrupted and that I need to go back to a restore point.
> >The knowledge base says I need to do a repair
> instalation
> >of Windows.
> >
> >I cannot go back to a restore point
> >
> >I have made a repair installation as suggested and still
> >nothing.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >.
> >