Re: WMI Failure

Can you post the script code? The only time I have seen that error is when
a script client is trying to open a zero byte size file.

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Scott McNairy
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"Dr. Steven Berk" <sberk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Scott,
>
> Xp version is OEM D dive contains Angel rescue partition; if I run from
> C:/Windows.....it wants to do a clean install; so looks like an install
> will run risk of losing files/settings.
> Ran script and got error 800A0401 line 28 character 13 (unexpected end of
> script). Thoughts?
>
> Appreciate your help
>
> Steve Berk
>
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> "Scott McNairy (MVP)" <v-scomcn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Sorry for late response. Can you try to troubleshoot via this link and
>> see if that corrects the problem that I unfortunately only vaguely
>> remember.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/wmifaq.mspx#EIAA
>>
>> An alternative to doing a clean install is to just do these steps which
>> will re-install over the top of your existing settings for your windows
>> installation. You will find that the settings and programs currently
>> installed on your computer will remain after it is done but this has got
>> people out of this situation before.
>>
>> open a "cmd.exe" process
>> type the drive letter of your Windows XP installation media. ie. "D:"
>> type "cd\"
>> cd i386
>> winnt32.exe /unattend
>>
>> This will re-install your OS and hopefully fix the problems you were
>> having while preserving your current settings.
>>
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>>
>> "Dr. Steven Berk" <sberk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Scott--
>>>
>>> Posting as new message. Got error on reply to you.
>>> Thanks for the response. While I'm pretty literate with computers and
>>> XP,
>>> scripting code is a bit beyond me. When I check WMI status via control
>>> panel > admin>services. WMI, RPC, etc look like they are all running.
>>> I've
>>> even gone through the WBEM folder and deleted repository and reset
>>> registry
>>> values; however when I run WMI from help and support....I get a lott of
>>> null
>>> object responses. This suggests some files are mssing from WMI rather
>>> than
>>> corrupted. Problem is I have an OEM machine with XP and Apps restoration
>>> in
>>> a hard drive partition...no CD to extract WMI files collectively and
>>> locate
>>> within my boot dirve. Short of clean install (which always makes me want
>>> to
>>> scream), I suspect I should just live with this and use standalone
>>> programs
>>> like Sisoft Sandra, SIW (G. Topala) or System Properties (Simaika) to
>>> yield
>>> info. By the way, I've even uninstalled these programs wondering if they
>>> coopted the procedure calls from MSInfo32. No such luck.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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