The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and the MUM files (.mum) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2" section. MUM and MANIFEST files, and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are extremely important to maintain the state of the updated components.

To identify the GUID for the SoftAP adapter you will use in the second option, you can use WMI via wbemtest.exe: Click Start, Run (if the Run option isn't visible, you can use the shortcut of Windows Key + R), wbemtest.

Cause. This issue occurs because the DCOM API doesn't honor the third-party firewall when it queries the firewall settings. Workaround. To work around this issue, run the following command at a command prompt to enable WMI traffic:

As a simple example, use Wbemtest.exe to run the following query: select * from Meta_Class where __Class like 'win32_Perf%spooler%' After you run the query, change the state of the spooler by using the following command at the command prompt:

Symptoms. The Root\MSCluster namespace is marked with the RequiresEncryption flag. Access to this namespace might be denied if the script or application does not have the appropriate authentication level. Change the authentication level to Pkt_Privacy and run the script or application again.

Summary. The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Protocol is a protocol for exposing application objects using remote procedure calls (RPCs).DCOM is used for communication between the software components of networked devices. Hardening changes in DCOM were required for CVE-2021-26414.Therefore, we recommended that you verify if client or server applications in your environment ...

For example, you use the Windows Management Instrumentation Tester tool (Wbemtest.exe) to query the Win32_Product WMI class. In this scenario, you encounter the following issues: Temporary files may be left behind in the C:\Windows\Installer folder.

This article describes an issue when you run the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012. You can fix this issue by using the update or hotfix in this article. Before you install this update or hotfix, see the Prerequisites section.

Open Wbemtest.exe . Connect to the root\cimv2 namespace. Delete the Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_2050727_ASPNETAppsv2050727 class. Winmgmt /resyncperf . Net stop winmgmt . Net start winmgmt. For more information, see the following MSDN blog post:

In the Active Directory domain environment, you apply a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filter to a Group Policy object (GPO). If a client computer is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, then the GPO does not take effect on this computer.