Cannot connect to WMI provider

  • I uninstalled a trial version of SQL 2008. Yesterday I reinstalled a full version and I need use the configuration manager. I get the following error:

    "Cannot connect to WMI Provider".

    This doesn't seem to be an uncommon problem...

    I found a number of posts suggesting slightly different forms of the following:

    mofcomp "%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof"

    I found the .mof eventually and ran mofcomp successfully:

    MOF file has been successfully parsed

    Storing data in the repository...

    Done!

    but I still get the same error. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

  • Did you try granting Users full permissions on C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared folder as mentioned by Brett G here?

    Pradeep Adiga
    Blog: sqldbadiaries.com
    Twitter: @pradeepadiga

  • I set the permissions as recommended by the post but I am still unable to connect to WMI. I saw a number of posts recommending re-registering certain DLLs:

    Regsvr32 Msxml3.dll

    Regsvr32 Msjava.dll (failed - "Load library failed" 0000007e)

    Regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll

    Regsvr32 Ole32.dll

    Regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll

    Regsvr32 Mssip32.dll

    Regsvr32 Mshtml.dll

    Regsvr32 Urlmon.dll

    Regsvr32 Cabinet.dll (loaded but DLLRegisterServer entry point not found)

    Regsvr32 Browseui.dll

    Regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll

    Regsvr32 Shell32.dll

    Regsvr32 Inseng.dll

    Still unable to connect.

    I'm considering an XP re-install

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