Suggested hotfixes for WMI related issues on Windows platforms *Updated August 9th, 2013*
Published Mar 16 2019 04:19 AM 1,358 Views
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First published on TECHNET on Aug 05, 2011
Hi all,Some of the most difficult issues we face here on the Performance Team are WMI related issues. WMI is very pervasive, and when it breaks, you can experience a myriad of symptoms that are often very difficult to troubleshoot and fix. Here are a few examples of the symptoms that can occur, and that are addressed by the hotfixes listed at the bottom of this post:

  • Loss of functionality with enterprise management/monitoring software for various machines. Software examples: Microsoft SCOM/SMS,  IBM Tivoli, LANDesk Management, HP OpenView, BMC Patrol, etc.
  • Loss of functionality related to Citrix terminal services load-balancing
  • Loss of functionality for WMI-based scripts
  • Slow user logon times on Citrix terminal servers
  • Slow user logon times on Windows clients where WMI-based group policy filters are in-place
  • Starting the computer may be slow (3-4 minutes to start)
  • Logging onto Windows may be slow

More granular symptoms:

  • Unable to connect to rootdefault, rootcimv2 and/or rootcitrix namespaces via WBEMTEST
  • Repository growing large related to OBJECTS.DATA file
  • Note repeating-nested CITRIX namespace entries in WMIMGMT.MSC. WMI CONTROL > PROPERTIES > SECURITY > expand ROOT structure to note missing/repeating namespaces

And here are the hotfixes that we recommend if you are experiencing WMI problems in Windows:

Hotfix list for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

2831347      Roaming user profiles are corrupted when a monitoring program executes a WMI query on a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based RDS server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2831347

2705357      The WMI process stops sending events to WMI clients from a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2705357

2692929      "0x80041001" error when the Win32_Environment WMI class is queried by multiple requestors in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2692929

2617858      Unexpectedly slow startup or logon process in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2617858

2465990      "0x80041002 (WBEM_E_NOT_FOUND)" error occurs when you try to open a WMI namespace on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2465990

2492536      Msinfo32.exe takes a long time to display or export system information on a computer that has many MSI-X-supported devices and that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2492536

982293        The Svchost.exe process that has the WMI service crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982293

974930        An application or service that queries information about a failover cluster by using the WMI provider may experience low performance or a time-out exception
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974930

Hotfix list for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

2639845      The memory usage of an application or a service keeps increasing when it loads and unloads the Netshell.dll module frequently in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2639845

2464876      The WMI repository is corrupted on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2464876

973243        The default gateway is missing on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista after the computer restarts if the default gateway is set by using the Netsh command
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973243

Hotfix list for Windows Server 2003 SP2

2257980 "0x80041002 (WBEM_E_NOT_FOUND)" error code occurs when you try to open a WMI namespace on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2257980 For all supported x86-based versions of Windows Server 2003

Hotfix list for Windows XP

933062        A hotfix is available that improves the stability of the Windows Management Instrumentation repository in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933062



Til next time,

Blake Morrison

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