Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Mon May 6 16:45:53 CDT 2013
Well that stopped it! Thank you. But what am I missing? Anything? R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: May 06, 2013 2:35 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] WmiPrvSE.exe Quite a few hits for this problem. The best I foud was : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprovirt/thread/90387e52 -dcb9-4137-b7 8f-25c2026a680b/ which details several possible causes and solutions. First thing I'd do is go into Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools\Services, scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation, Right click and select Properties and set it to "Manual" or "Disabled". Then Stop the service -- Stuart On 6 May 2013 at 10:17, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Dear List: > > I have a process running that's using a steady 10-20% of CPU - WmiPrvSE.exe. > I can't seem to get rid of it. If I End the Process it just restarts. > Malwarebytes didn't find anything although there are references to > vireo masquerading as WmiPrvSE.exe. > > I webbed it and found some 'solutions' but none of them have worked for me. > I can see the file but can't delete it - It's in folder Windows\System > 32\wbem. This is W7 I'm running on this box. > > Any ideas? > > MTIA > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> www.e-z-mrp.com > <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> > Skype: rocky.smolin > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com