Re: Can't access System Information

Rebuilding the WMI Repository
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Click Start, Run and type CMD
Type this command and press Enter:

net stop winmgmt

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to %systemroot%\system32\wbem directory and
delete the Repository directory. By default, the repository folder is
located in the C:\Windows\system32\wbem directory.

Switch to Command Prompt window, and type:

net start winmgmt

To re-register the WMI components, run the following commands at the command
prompt:

Type this command and press Enter:

cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem

Type this command and press Enter:

for %i in (*.dll) do RegSvr32 -s %i

Type this command and press Enter:

for %i in (*.exe) do %i /RegServer

Reboot.

from...
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:OmIi3eAtGHA.4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Ken <muffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Ken wrote:
Wesley Vogel wrote:

Well, shoot, Ken. I would have bet money on the DCOM deal.

I don't know anything about Acer's eSettings Management. And
apparently not
much about msinfo32.exe. However, I wouldn't be surprised if eSettings
Management has done something to foul things up.

See this.

Repairing and re-registering the WMI
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm

I may have misled you about the DCOM Server Process Launcher, Wes.

I don't know if I have that - isn't it an XP Pro thing? (I have XP
Home.) I simply went to Start/Run, as you said I should, and typed in
services.msc

That brought up a screen headed Services (Local)

That screen currently indicates that Windows Management Instrumentation
is started and is of the Startup Type: Automatic

Also, all of the things in your earlier post I did, as follows:

Go to Start/Run and type in: services.msc. Scroll down to: Windows
Management Instrumentation and make sure the Service is set to
Automatic.

Go to Start/Run/CMD and type in: net stop winmgmt. Then delete the
%windir&\system32\wbem\repository directory. Once done go back to
Start/Run/CMD and type in: net start winmgmt

If that doesn't help, try this:

Open a Command Prompt and type "winmgmt /clearadap" to clear prior
WMI/resyncperf information from the registry.
Then type "winmgmt /resyncperf" to register the system performance
libraries
with WMI again.


Okay, now I'm off to read and study your latest suggestion:

Repairing and re-registering the WMI
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm


I'll report back, Wes.

Thanks - Ken
Sorry, Wes. I'm not a professional computers administrator! The
Windows documentation is written for one! Besides, when I attempted to
run the suggested 'Comprehensive rebuild method' (from 'Ramesh's Site',
to which you referred me, and which in turn cited the Windows
documentation), I was asked for dlls that were inaccesible (the usual
problem with Acer not providing a Windows disc, so that you're reliant
on stuff stored on one's hard drive, resulting in 'could not be found'
messages and other complications).

Is there another way to make System Information work on my computer?!

Thanks - Ken

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