An unknown (at the time of writing) update for Windows 10 and 11 appears to break WMI in such a way that causes the Warper’s licensing system to break. Several core namespaces and their classes become corrupt, and notably MSFT_NetAdapter from ROOT\StandardCimv2 disappears.
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You will also see that System Information appears blank, and complains that the Windows Management Interface is unavailable.
Try this:
Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum (elevenforum.com)
Legacy fixes below.
Potential Fix #1 - Soft Option
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This will likely break Teamviewer QuickAccess so be sure to have physical access to the machine, or a client available to regain your access. |
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cd "%%systemroot%\system32\wbem"
for /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mof') do mofcomp %%s
cd en-GB
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mfl') do mofcomp %%s
cd ..
regsvr32 wmisvc.dll
cd "%%systemroot%\syswow64\wbem"
for /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mof') do mofcomp %%s
cd en-GB
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mfl') do mofcomp %%s
cd ..
regsvr32 wmisvc.dll
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The hard fix is to recover the WMI repository to the state that it should be in upon a fresh install of Windows. Run the below commands in an elevated command prompt, and reboot the machine.
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winmgmt /resetrepository winmgmt /verifyrepository |
Potential Fix #3 - 3rd Party Script
A GitHub user yenpuren maintains a PowerShell script that verifies and rebuilds broken WMI repositories. Their ps1 file can be downloaded from here. Run this in an elevated PowerShell window, click Verify, and then Repair. Once step 14/14 is reached the window can be closed and verify that the missing WMI classes have returned.
Still not Working?
At this point the Windows installation is considered corrupt. Options would be either to attempt system recovery from a Windows ISO, or re-image / reinstall the OS.