Topic: WMI Restoration

[GillE]

I recently corrupted my Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) whilst searching for malware.  This made it nigh on impossible to restore my system to an earlier point.

The following technique from WindowsITPro enabled me to restore it.

Start a command-line session.

Unregister any WMI service (also known as WinMgmt) performance libraries by typing

winmgmt /clearadap

Stop all running copies of the WMI service by typing

winmgmt /kill

Unregister the WMI service by typing

winmgmt /unregserver

Register the WMI service by typing

winmgmt /regserver

Register any WMI service performance libraries by typing

winmgmt /resyncperf