WMI is corrupt following SP1 installation

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From: Tim Dawson (tim_at_ramasaig.com)
Date: 03/11/04

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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:48:29 -0800

    A computer belonging to a student of mine has been
    infected by the Blaster worm, which we discovered when
    trying to install Norton Internet Security 2004 (it
    installed, but didn't work, which we attributed to denial
    of service by the worm). I removed the worm (with System
    Resore off, as recommended by Norton), then installed
    SP1. Before reinstalling NIS I tried to disable the
    Internet Firewall, but got a message to say WMI was
    corrupt. Also can't switch System Restore on again
    (attempts to create a restore point always hang) and My
    Computer properties is slow to load (and sometimes
    doesn't). I have repaired WinXP Home, and reinstalled
    SP1, all to no effect.

    I'm at a loss what to do next. Any ideas, please ?

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