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.

Fixes an issue in which the memory usage for a Svchost.exe process that has the WMI service keeps increasing when you run some WMI queries on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7.

This article describes how to create a share on a remote computer by using the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line tool (WMIC).

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.

The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) repository is corrupted on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. In this scenario, some applications or services that take advantage of WMI may stop responding or encounter access violations when the applications or services query the WMI repository.

FIX: Error messages when you use a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query to register WMI events on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP: "0x80041032" and "0x80041003" - Microsoft Support.

In this situation, the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) does not work correctly, and then certain scripts that are based on Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) fail. Cause This issue occurs because the WMI service does not reflect the updated computer name that the user sets during setup.

Fixes an issue in which the WMI service and the WMI providers stop responding when you use WMI performance classes to monitor performance on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

In this situation, the memory usage of the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Performance Adapter service (Wmiapsrv.exe) increases continuously. Therefore, the performance of the computer decreases.

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.