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WMIadapter causing unexpected system restarts

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by cdplayer

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XP computer that continues to crash. I looked in the Event viewer and found the following:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: WmiAdapter
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4099
Date: 5/30/2007
Time: 6:07:28 PM
User: COMET\elton
Computer: COMET
Description:
Open of service failed.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 5/30/2007
Time: 6:08:22 PM
User: N/A
Computer: COMET
Description:
Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 805257a2, parameter3 a92ab8f8, parameter4 00000000.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 38 1000008
0020: 65 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d e Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 63 30 eters c0
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 35 2c 20 000005,
0038: 38 30 35 32 35 37 61 32 805257a2
0040: 2c 20 61 39 32 61 62 38 , a92ab8
0048: 66 38 2c 20 30 30 30 30 f8, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000

OK I looked up the event number 4099 & the event source WMIAdapter. I know know now that the WMIAdapter is the Windows Management Instrumentation. It is a component of the Windows operating system that provides management information and control of various applications that follow the standard. WMI is the Microsoft implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), which is an industry initiative to develop a standard technology for accessing management information in an enterprise environment.
Great!
What must I do to stop the computer from crashing?
BTW, when I look for the WMIadapter service I can't find it under Services... :(

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by seanferd

Use your Administrative Tools links or type
services.msc
in the Run box.

You probably only need Windows Management Instrumentation running, but other related services are Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions and WMI Performance Adapter.

If they don't start, check in the properties for the service to see if services which these services depend on are also running (RPC).

Make sure there isn't a bad WMI script attempting to execute (or a program making bad WMI calls).

Try running
sfc /scannow
to make sure your system files are intact.

If none of that helps, I'd try a repair install.

by hugo.veracx

Thanks for your advice. I'm gratefull somebody was answering and actually took the pains to try to help me. Thanks a lot.

But I'm still not out of my trouble and perhaps you can still help me? I checked indeed the WMI service and indeed it was not running. When I tried to start it a message appeared saying: "depending services not running." (translation from Dutch). When I clicked on properties nothing happened and consequently I could not see which service(s) it depends on. I checked RPC service and saw indeed that this one was also not running. When I tried to start this one a message appeared: "error 2: can not find the path." So there I was stuck. As my search function is not working either and the properties are not working I could not find the path. You have some advice?

I don't have so much knowledge about IT but I don't want to give up. How to run sfc/scannow?

thanks again.

by seanferd

Type that into the Run box. You can also run it from a command prompt.

It will ask for installation media, so if you have the install CD, have it handy. Otherwise, it should look for the setup files in the recovery partition or an /options directory or wherever these are stored on your installation.

If that just isn't working out for you, I would suggest a repair install (non-destructive) by going through Recovery Console (accessible via the install disc, possibly the Start Menu, or the startup options via F8, F6, or as directed on the BIOS splash screen).

by hugo.veracx

Dear Seanferd,

I got the answer by going on google for McAfee as I got several messages from this. There I found out that many people had the same problem as me because of a wrong update from McAfee. This all had caused the trouble. I removed the whole of McAfee and reinstalled it and now my computer is working again.

I thank you for your sincere help,

hugo

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