Re: Browswer from WMI Tools won't work after rename of PC

From: Jerry Parlee (parlee_at_psy.utexas.edu)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:17:27 -0500

I just had the same thing happen. Have you found a solution?

Thanks,
Jerry Parlee
Psych Dept UT Austin

"Emmet Gray" <egray1@hot.rr.com> wrote in message
news:eiYVS%23BOEHA.2480@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> This is a rather odd situtation... On my development PC, I've installed
the
> "WMI Tools" package from Microsoft. I particularly like the WMI
Browser...
>
> However, I recently renamed my PC and now the WMI Browser doesn't work.
> When I select the new name for the PC (or leave it blank for the Local
> Machine), it somehow reverts back to the old PC's name, and then tells me
> that it can't find that PC.
>
> I've searched the registry for the old name... and searched all of the
files
> on my hard drive. I've uninstalled and reloaded WMI Tools.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>