WMI no longer working

[Stacey]

I have installed SP2 on XP Pro (media Center) and am now trying to set up a
home network.

I got to the point were I could see my XP Home laptop and navigate through
all shared folders but my Laptopn cannot access the Desktop. My thoughts are
that it may be Firewall related but I cannot even start the Firewall.

I checked out the dependant services and see nothiing - reason being is that
I do not have WMI running. When I try to start WMI I get an Error 126 - not
found.

Am I barking up the worng tree here or am I missing a windows piece since SP2?

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Might Be Corrupted
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319101&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"Stacey" wrote:

| I have installed SP2 on XP Pro (media Center) and am now trying to set up a
| home network.
|
| I got to the point were I could see my XP Home laptop and navigate through
| all shared folders but my Laptopn cannot access the Desktop. My thoughts are
| that it may be Firewall related but I cannot even start the Firewall.
|
| I checked out the dependant services and see nothiing - reason being is that
| I do not have WMI running. When I try to start WMI I get an Error 126 - not
| found.
|
| Am I barking up the worng tree here or am I missing a windows piece since SP2?

[Stacey]

Carey - the link did no work for me - is this the post about going to a
system restore point?

I installed SP2 quite some time back - to uninstall this would cause me to
lose data - is there any other method?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Might Be Corrupted
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319101&Product=winxp
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Stacey" wrote:
>
> | I have installed SP2 on XP Pro (media Center) and am now trying to set up a
> | home network.
> |
> | I got to the point were I could see my XP Home laptop and navigate through
> | all shared folders but my Laptopn cannot access the Desktop. My thoughts are
> | that it may be Firewall related but I cannot even start the Firewall.
> |
> | I checked out the dependant services and see nothiing - reason being is that
> | I do not have WMI running. When I try to start WMI I get an Error 126 - not
> | found.
> |
> | Am I barking up the worng tree here or am I missing a windows piece since SP2?
>

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Error Message: The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Information Might Be Corrupted
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823775

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx