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WMIC Failure

You currently have what is called a WMIC failure, which happens when the Windows Management Instrumentation has been completely damaged.

As a victim of this in the past, the only way to solve this problem is a reformat and reinstall of the operating system.

Signs of WMIC failure:

-Common Windows programs, such as Windows Search, Windows Help and Support, Windows System Information, etc. do not work properly.

-Apparent lack of control over the computer, via the user.

-Odd disruption in functionality of normal Windows programs. Resource disruption.

-Some Windows Services give a "WMI Error" when trying to configure them.


Your computer has presented at least two of these issues. It is recommended to proceed with the reformat and reinstall.

You can easily back up data, and do the operation. It will save us time, and we will not be running around in circles.

Let me know what you want to do.

You're welcome. We did the best possible ways to check things out. When I began seeing issues with the same symptoms showing in the event log, it became clear the WMIC was failing.

WMIC failure is one of the single most important reasons people have to reformat and reinstall their operating system. It has mostly to do with virus infections, because virus infections tend to infect the WMI console to try and tell the OS that the antivirus is out of date or that the existence of an antivirus is not there.

Rogue antivirus software tend to do this the most, because they want the user's attention on the fake antivirus software rather than their real software. But, when things go awry, the virus infection may damage the WMIC inevitably leading to a catastrophic failure of the operating system.

But, anyway, if you have anymore questions, PM me. Otherwise, this topic marked as solved. √