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    WBEM and WBEM repository.

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    by runny21 ·

    hi guys,

    offlate i have come accross with a weird issue of antivirus not updating and one of my friend suggested me to rebuild wbem/repository. i am in doubt..what is WBEM? and why is it necessary to rebuild the repository? what the repository holds inside it?
    PLease help me regarding this. waiting for your reply.

    Thanks,

    ~ R

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    • #2954218

      Clarifications

      by runny21 ·

      In reply to WBEM and WBEM repository.

      Clarifications

    • #2954172

      some info

      by shasca ·

      In reply to WBEM and WBEM repository.

      These are pretty generic instructions to do what you ask. It might help if you give us a little more info as to what program you are having problems with and the specific problem if the below does not help.

      Go to control panel and open Administrative tools.
      Click on services.
      Go down to Windows Managament Instrumentation.
      Stop this service. along with Security Center.
      Exit out of this area to your desktop.
      Right click Start and choose Explore.
      Go down to c:\windows or Winnt\system32\wbem\repository.
      Delete the Repository Folder
      Go back to Services and restart the WMI program
      Then re-boot the computer

      To reinstall WMI issue these commands:

      net stop winmgmt
      rd %systemroot%\system32\wbem\Repository
      net start winmgmt

      Reinstalling WMI
      http://whidbey.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/reinstalling_wmi.asp

      You don’t have to reboot for the WMI reinstallation to take effect.

      • #2955215

        WBEM REPOSITORY?

        by runny21 ·

        In reply to some info

        Hi Shasca,

        Thanks a lot for the info .The issue is with sophos antivirus which is not updating and it says server not found. i fixed this issue yesterday.But i am curious to know what WBEM repository stores and how rebuilding of it helps?

        Thanks,

        ~ R

        • #2955211

          info

          by shasca ·

          In reply to WBEM REPOSITORY?

          It appears to me that the windows security system still is running the show and mananging Antivirus protection. So when you fix the repository it makes windows security happy again.

          Should be Sophos running the show in your case

        • #2955410

          Query

          by runny21 ·

          In reply to info

          what is stored in WBEM repository??

        • #2955400

          temp files

          by shasca ·

          In reply to Query

          A data management folder it appears.

          This article is a little vague. It somewhat answers your question.

          http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/3568/what-is-wbem.html

        • #2955399

          Some answers.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Query

          These are standards for system management. Windows Management Instrumentation is the MS implementation of Web based Enterprise Management. This stores information about the system in relation to network management. In the case you mention, data about how Sophos update interacts with your installation (manages the Sophos aspects of your computer).

          http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=wbem

          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394582.aspx

          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394572(VS.85).aspx

        • #2954759

          3 Cheers to Seanferd.

          by runny21 ·

          In reply to Some answers.

          Hi Seanferd,

          Thanks a million for the information. It answered my curosity. Now i got to know why my friend suggested me to clean up the repository. Antivirus could be an application which is managed by WMI.Thanks again seanferd…TECHREPUBLIC ROCKS ..because of ppl like you..

          Thanks,

          ~ R

        • #2956003

          Gee, thanks. :)

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to 3 Cheers to Seanferd.

          TR does rock! [_]3

          Glad I could help.

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