Find out how you can reduce cost, increase QoS and ease planning, as well. What can I do? I don't want to reinstall Windows on that computer. However, as it is very complex and based on a complex communications protocol DCOM , it tends to be more error-prone than everyone would like it to be. Here is what you can do if you keep getting errors that indicate problems with the WMI system itself. As WMI is primarily a Windows function set, the problems described here should be solved by Microsoft - however, we know how frustrating a search for solutions for WMI problems can be, so we offer you these suggestions here.
This compilation is gathered from many resources, mainly Microsoft websites. You should also know that basically three parts are involved in the process of monitoring via WMI:. To determine on which side the problems occur and where action needs to be taken, check these criteria:.
This article tries to offer some help for the first two cases, the network problems are discussed in What are the most common errors when monitoring WMI?
The easiest way to get WMI back on track is to reboot the computer, very often this already helps to get the monitoring back up and running again. Reboot the probe computer and see if that helps. Reboot the host computer and see if that helps. This might help with WMI problems.
See also the Microsoft article Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files. Apparently, performance counters can be disabled via the Windows registry. If you find one or more entries set to "1", set them to "0". This will probably fix many problems regarding performance data and is much less intrusive than almost every other suggested method. The winmgmt console program offers another way of getting corrupted performance counters back on track.
Open a command prompt window Run as Administrator and enter the following lines. Afterwards, do not forget to restart the SQL Server. One customer whose WMI sensors failed even on the local probe device with a B: Element not found error successfully got WMI back to working after he executed the following script:.
There is no guarantee that it will help, but it is worth a try anyway: Install the latest service pack again. If rebooting the respective computer did not help, you could try to rebuild the counters by compiling the MOFs anew. This can be done by standard Windows means:.
This should be the very last resort. If your probe computer's WMI is behaving badly and you have the possibility of moving the PRTG probe to a different computer, you should try that first!
Thank you for the help. While WMIC. I see that the user is able to authenticate from the remote linux machine, but there are no errors in the eventlogs. Running WMIC. As far as settings everything was working prior to the Windows 10 upgrade. Not exactly sure where we first obtained it, as it looks like I am unable to find any packages online.
I know that another big company not going to name names pointed us in this direction as well as they use it in there software. Are you using WMI plus plugin? If yes, kindly check below posts and reach the coresponding support.
I have also seen those posts and they don't seem to have a solution either. Thank you though. Then your best bet is to get this other big company to fix it if their software depends on it working. From a Microsoft point of view, you're using a 3rd party program of unknown origin and if it doesn't work, that not a MS problem. If you can recreate the error from Windows to Windows, then you can open a case with Microsoft and get them to fix it.
But you will need to be using supported Windows versions on both the client and the server. If you recreate the error with XP or Server , you're out of luck. If this WMIC is open source, then you might be able to fix it yourself.
A search of the net indicates that 0x is an RPC header issue. Then compare the traffic and see if you can find where the error occurs. Compare the good vs bad data packets and see if you can find where in the code that packet is built and modify the code to get it to work. Understood, however it worked prior to the update and still works on machines that are not upgraded so to me it points that Microsoft changed something on their end.
Or which one of these changes might cause your problems. Or if it's at all related. Windows 10 v Build Today's cumulative update brings several quality improvements, including: We fixed an issue that causes the Remote Procedure Call RPC service rpcss.
It could be that a "Quality improvement" closed some hole that the WMIC developers were unknowingly invoking. Did the patch fix your problem? This could be due to the background processes that are essential for carrying out some common system functions. This is definitely a thing to worry about. If you are one among the sufferers, you are at the right spot. Apart from this, WMI also helps in the smoother execution of the software and administrative scripts by providing them with information like the state of the windows operating system and crucial data relating to it.
This is very essential especially in the case of remote management of computers. Stopping which will cause great instability in the system components and may end up crashing your Operating System. Its only job is to stay idle and respond when another piece of software or a script requests information via WMI.
It might occasionally use some CPU resources to respond to a request and this usage should only last a while. The reason can be anything, the process itself might have stuck in a bad state or there must be a problem with another service that kept on engaging the WmiPrvSE. Wasting your system resources on useless background activities can be annoying as they keep slowing down your computer and might even cause it to freeze often.
We at CPUsage have committed to easing your annoyance by figuring out a few working fixes to this issue. Restarting your Windows Management Instrumentation service WMI might sound a bit cliche but trust me this should do the job in most cases.
There is a fair chance that your service is stuck in a bad state and a simple restart should fix it like a charm. To do this, open the service management console on your computer. You can achieve this in two ways. This should bring up a new window. Now click on the Services and Applications option on the left pane and choose Services from the displayed options. This should open the service management console. This should directly open the service management console.
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