wmi error - cannot activate firewall

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kevin said:
Can anyone help, the system restore does not correct this
problem.
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You looked under START|ALL|ADMINISTRATIVE|SERVICES for Windows Management
Instrumentation?

If it is shown as disabled, double-click on it. Click the arrow to the
right of the Startup box. Choose AUTOMATIC or MANUAL.
 
Been there, done that. Thanks anyway. I have been all over this help site and every fix does not work, I am virus free with no other problems but WMI not functioning properly. Spent weeks looking, is there anyone knows why it is not functioning/least then I will have a point to work from? Yours very unhappy with XP-WMI.
 
Also in systems info. I get WMI connection problem; A network error occurred in connecting to WMI. Ensure that your network connection is functioning properly. It does not seem to be affecting any system but windows firewall. I have router so a firewall is not a concern to me. Is it a problem if I do not fix this?
 
Kevin;
Windows XP reports that Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) might be corrupted?

You may receive any of the following error messages in Windows XP:
Unable to view network properties.
Windows cannot display the properties of connection. Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI) might be corrupted.
Unable to view System Information (MSinfo32).

If you run Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), wmimgmt.msc, you receive:
Failed to connect to local computer due to WMI:Generic failure.
These errors will occur if the %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository folder is damaged.

To fix this problem:
1. Use the Start menu to right-click My Computer.
2. Press the Manage item.
3. Double-click Services and Applications in the left-hand pane.
4. Press Services to expand it.
5. Scroll to Windows Management Instrumentation in the right-hand pane and right-click it.
6. Press Stop.
7. Use Windows Explorer to delete all the files in the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository folder.
8. Shutdown and restart your computer. The Windows Management Instrumentation service will
start and the files will be re-created.
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C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\Repository\FS
del C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Repository\FS
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I had a problem with WMI, I also had a problem deleting
%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository. I had to run Error Checking (Chkdsk).
And then try to delete the file. C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\Repository\FS.
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Courtesy of Kelly T. @ http://www.kellys-korner.com/
[Windows Management Instrumentation - WinMgmt could not initialize the core parts
Go to Start/Run/CMD and then run each of these hitting enter after each:

winmgmt /clearadap
winmgmt /kill
winmgmt /unregserver
winmgmt /regserver
winmgmt /resyncperf

This may or may not repair the repository but will re-install wmi into the registry.]
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