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in some circumstances a Windows guest VM does not boot and stops with Error:
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this script repairs and recreates the WMI Repository of a Windows. For example, this occurs sometimes if you clone a Windows machine with an installed SCCM/SMS Client. The typical error in this case is “Failed to open to WMI namespace ‘\\.\root\CCM\SoftwareUpdates\DeploymentAgent’ (8007045b)”
Lasts start. Start a Powershell console as Administrator. Stop all services. Sometimes other services depends on the WMI Service and does not accept a stop request. Therefore you cannot stop the WMI service. TrendMicro Office is such a service. You have to kill them by TaskManager.
1 2 3 4 | # Stop WMI# Only if SCCM/SMS Client is installed. Stop ccmexec.Stop-Service -Force ccmexec -ErrorAction SilentlyContinueStop-Service -Force winmgmt |
(Re)Register WMI binary components
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | [String[]]$aWMIBinaries=@("unsecapp.exe","wmiadap.exe","wmiapsrv.exe","wmiprvse.exe","scrcons.exe")foreach ($sWMIPath in @(($ENV:SystemRoot+"\System32\wbem"),($ENV:SystemRoot+"\SysWOW64\wbem"))){ if(Test-Path -Path $sWMIPath){ push-Location $sWMIPath foreach($sBin in $aWMIBinaries){ if(Test-Path -Path $sBin){ $oCurrentBin=Get-Item -Path $sBin Write-Host " Register $sBin" & $oCurrentBin.FullName /RegServer } else{ # Warning only for System32 if($sWMIPath -eq $ENV:SystemRoot+"\System32\wbem"){ Write-Warning "File $sBin not found!" } } } Pop-Location }} |
Reregister WMI Managed Objects
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