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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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
wmiprvse /regserver |
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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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