Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon May 6 17:13:59 CDT 2013
Probably not missing anything. It's an admin tool which you almost certainly will never need. If you do, you can start the service manually. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384642%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), which is an industry initiative to develop a standard technology for accessing management information in an enterprise environment. ... On 6 May 2013 at 14:45, Rocky Smolin wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >