Re: WMI is corrupt following SP1 installation
From: Philip Nunn [MSFT] (pnunn_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/26/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:52:21 -0800
Blaster has been known to damage WMI in certain cases. It could very well
be the cause of damage in other components too.
-- -Philip This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Tim Dawson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:d03301c4105f$964c0b00$a001280a@phx.gbl... > Thanks. I did indeed end up doing a full restore, which > worked. Before doing that I was able to network to my > laptop and pull off the critical files. I'm still curious > to know what might have caused the damage. Could the > Blaster Worm have done it, or is it just one of those > things ? > > Regards, Tim Dawson > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sorry, I didn't see your second post where you mentioned > having tried that. > > > >I'm not certain of the extent of repair capable using > repair windows > >installation. My understanding is that it leaves it > pretty much up to you > >to fix things but gives you greater control over file > access/replacement. > >However, if WMI and System Restore services are failing > then the damage is > >likely severe and complete reinstall may be the best > solution. If you have > >previously made a system backup using ntbackup then you > should be able to > >restore that state on the new installation. If not, then > I would recommend > >saving everything you have to some media for retrieving > any needed files > >later but not for restoring the current state to the new > installation. > > > >-- > >-Philip > > > >This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and > confers no rights. > >"Tim Dawson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote > in message > >news:f06701c40c65$713bc830$a301280a@phx.gbl... > >> I did this, with absolutely no effect. I then > tried 'net > >> start winmgmt' (simply because it seemed a logical thing > >> to do). I got a message saying it couldn't start > because > >> some files were missing or corrupt. I intend to try a > >> complete reinstall of WinXP, but would welcome any > >> alternative suggestions. Tim Dawson > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >Here are steps to cause WMI to rebuild its corrupt > >> database. > >> > > >> >- open a command window (start > cmd.exe) > >> >- type "net stop winmgmt" > >> >- type "cd %windir%\system32\wbem" > >> >- type "ren repository repository.old" (or > alternatively > >> delete it) > >> > > >> >Then try any operation that accesses WMI again. It may > >> take a minute or so > >> >to complete while > >> >WMI rebuilds the database. > >> > > >> > > >> >-- > >> >-Philip > >> > > >> >This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, > and > >> confers no rights. > >> >"Tim Dawson" <tim@ramasaig.com> wrote in message > >> >news:b53b01c407ba$f928f920$a501280a@phx.gbl... > >> >> 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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