Fixes an issue in which when you use the Windows System Resource Manager, the Wmiprvse.exe process consumes lots of CPU resources on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008.

In this situation, you notice that the memory usage of Wmiprvse.exe keeps increasing by using Task Manager. Resolution. To resolve this issue in Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2, install update rollup 2975719. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

KB980142 - FIX: "Provider Load Failure" error message or the Wmiprvse.exe process stops responding when you use a SQL Server WMI provider to obtain information about SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2008 R2 services - Microsoft Support.

When you run a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) script in a Windows Server 2012 cluster, the memory usage for the Wmiprvse.exe process increases over time. Cause. This issue occurs because the cluster WMI provider leaks basic strings or binary strings (BSTRs). Resolution. To resolve this issue, install update 2934016.

Fixes an issue in which a memory leak occurs in SQLWEP and causes its host process Wmiprvse.exe to crash with a 'WBEM_E_OUT_OF_MEMORY' error in SQL Server.

Summary. The versions of Windows that are listed at the beginning of this article include a command-line utility (Wmic.exe) to access Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Previously, an end user would generally write a script to gather information by means of WMI.

This issue occurs because WMI client requests are blocked in the Wmiprvse.exe process. The Wmiprvse.exe process encounters a deadlock situation when the Netcfgx.dll file calls the registry APIs in the initialization routine.

Fixes an issue in which a memory leak occurs in sqlwepxxx.dll that causes the WmiPrvSe.exe process to crash.

The Svchost.exe process that has the WMI service crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 - Microsoft Support. Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7. Symptoms. On a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7, the Svchost.exe process that hosts Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service may crash.

When you use different hosting models, the WMIPRVSE process is started by using different Windows credentials. Therefore, the provider that is loaded, such as the OffProv11 provider, tries to load Mngcli.exe to gain access to shared memory by using these different credentials. WMI security.