Sunday, 1 February 2015

Repairing WMI on SCCM Client system

Follow below steps if the SCCM client on a device is not communicating correctly with the SCCM Management Point and in turn not downloading policies/advertisements etc.

  1. WMI Repair:

·         Log into PC with an account with elevated rights.

·         Stop the WMI Service:

o   Open “Computer Management” by right clicking on “My Computer” and selecting “Manage”  or go to Start - Settings - Control Panel, select “Administrative Tools”  and then left click “Computer Management”.

o   Once open, expand “Services and Applications” and select “Service”. 

o   In the right-hand window, scroll down to the “Windows Management Instrumentation and stop this service.

 

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·         To re-register the WMI components, run the following commands at the command prompt:

·         Type cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem and then press ENTER.

·         Type for %i in (*.dll) do RegSvr32 -s %i, and then press ENTER.

·         Type for %i in (*.exe) do %i /RegServer, and then press ENTER.

·         The Windows Management Instrumentation Tester tool will appear; just close this and continue on.

·         Log off and back on again, stop the WMI Service once more.

·         Using Windows Explorer, rename the folder %windir%\System32\Wbem\Repository to  %windir%\System32\Wbem\Repository_old

·         Re-start computer to start the Windows Management Instrumentation Service and any other depended services that may have stopped.

 

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