If you click the
Processes tab in Task
Manager, Winmgmt.exe may report a higher number than you expect in the
CPU column.
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This issue may occur if your computer uses Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI), and verbose logging is turned on for
WMI.
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To resolve this issue, change the WMI logging level to
"errors only". To do so, follow these steps:
| 1. | Click Start, click Run,
type wmimgmt.msc, and then click
OK. |
| 2. | Right-click WMI Control (Local), and then
click Properties. |
| 3. | Click the Logging tab, and then click
Errors only under Logging level. |
| 4. | Click OK. |
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To track Winmgmt.exe activity, use the FileMon tool. For
information about the FileMon tool, visit the following Sysinternals Web site:
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