What is wmiprvse.exe

[WilliamP]

This runs on my computer once an awhile. I would like to
know why.

[Mike]

Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Service first introduced in
Windows XP, and then in Windows 2003. WMIPRVSE is a host process for WMI
provider services. It is a new Windows architecture intended to eliminate
the previous problems in Windows 2000 where the failure of a WMI provider
service would make the whole WMI service fail as, then, WMI provider
services were loaded in-process with the WMI Service (a new request to WMI
would restart the WMI Service). With the new WMIPRVSE model, failure of a
single WMI provider service affects that service only rather than the entire
WMI Service. For the layman : this is an essential Windows XP/2003 service
which will start whenever a specific piece of software requires its
facilities.

Recommendation :
Essential - leave alone. Note that, as with SVCHOST, there may be more than
one instance of WMIPRVSE running in your Task List : this is normal. Also,
some users will never have witnessed the WMIPRVSE service running on their
Windows XP/2003 PC, and then notice it running one day and every day
thereafter : this is also normal and will in most cases be the result of
some software having been installed (and installing WMI provider services)
or the result of a Windows Update. Finally, as with SVCHOST, if you
experience errors or excess CPU usage with WMIPRVSE, the problem will in
almost all cases be with the WMI provider process that WMIPRVSE is hosting,
not with WMIPRVSE itself, or you may have a hardware problem or
incompatibility which is not yet at the "serious" stage - see if Microsoft's
Windows Update has WMI related fixes for your PC/Server; also, on a
network, we have empirical evidence that poor network card drivers or
chipsets on any part of the network may result in excessive CPU usage by
WMIPRVSE.
"WilliamP" > wrote in message
...
> This runs on my computer once an awhile. I would like to
> know why.

[Williamp]

Hi Mike . I had read that ,but it kind of infers that
there may be a problem.I would like to know if there is a
problem.
>-----Original Message-----
>Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Service
first introduced in
>Windows XP, and then in Windows 2003. WMIPRVSE is a
host process for WMI
>provider services. It is a new Windows architecture
intended to eliminate
>the previous problems in Windows 2000 where the failure
of a WMI provider
>service would make the whole WMI service fail as, then,
WMI provider
>services were loaded in-process with the WMI Service (a
new request to WMI
>would restart the WMI Service). With the new WMIPRVSE
model, failure of a
>single WMI provider service affects that service only
rather than the entire
>WMI Service. For the layman : this is an essential
Windows XP/2003 service
>which will start whenever a specific piece of software
requires its
>facilities.
>
>Recommendation :
>Essential - leave alone. Note that, as with SVCHOST,
there may be more than
>one instance of WMIPRVSE running in your Task List :
this is normal. Also,
>some users will never have witnessed the WMIPRVSE
service running on their
>Windows XP/2003 PC, and then notice it running one day
and every day
>thereafter : this is also normal and will in most cases
be the result of
>some software having been installed (and installing WMI
provider services)
>or the result of a Windows Update. Finally, as with
SVCHOST, if you
>experience errors or excess CPU usage with WMIPRVSE, the
problem will in
>almost all cases be with the WMI provider process that
WMIPRVSE is hosting,
>not with WMIPRVSE itself, or you may have a hardware
problem or
>incompatibility which is not yet at the "serious" stage -
see if Microsoft's
>Windows Update has WMI related fixes for your
PC/Server; also, on a
>network, we have empirical evidence that poor network
card drivers or
>chipsets on any part of the network may result in
excessive CPU usage by
>WMIPRVSE.
>"WilliamP" > wrote
in message
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>> This runs on my computer once an awhile. I would like
to
>> know why.
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