Re: MSINFO32

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J Lunis wrote:

John John wrote:

The first thing to do would be to make sure that the necessary services and dependencies are running: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323209

If that doesn't fix it read here, there are several things to check with DCOM that could cause the problem: http://www.attention-to-details.com/newslog/3ap-system-information-in-xp-cant-collect.asp


John

J Lunis wrote:

Posted on Help_and_support ng on 6/28 without response.
Hoping someone here can help.
Win XP SR2
Tried running MSINFO32.
Received a response
"CAN'T COLLECT INFORMATION"
"Cannot access the Windows Management Instrumentation software.
Windows Management files may be moved or missing."

Within 'Services,' WMI shows it is running.
How do I resolve this?
FWIW, running services.msc results in . . . nothing. No apps appear to start. No errors. nutin.



Went to the attention-to-details web site. 3 steps suggested that caught my eye.
1) Open Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Component Services
Administrative Tools is empty. nutin there.
2) Start DCOM Server Process Launcher
already started
3) rebuild WMI - two ways suggested - I tried both already.
A)- go to system32/wbem/repository and delete everything in there
- reboot & recheck if services & functions are OK (& making sure wmi
is running, event log is running)
B) try these commands from Start/Run:
regsvr32 %Windir%\system32\wbem\wbemprox.dll
regsvr32 %Windir%\system32\wbem\wbemcore.dll
regsvr32 %Windir%\system32\wbem\wbemsvc.dll
regsvr32 %Windir%\system32\wbem\fastprox.dll

What next?

Try using DCOMCNFG.EXE from the Start Menu Run box and see if you can get to the DCOM security settings.

John

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