Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft's implementation of the
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standard, intend to enable
centralized management of disparate platforms and systems. WMI provides detailed information on just about everything in, on,
and connected to a computer running Microsoft Windows. And, while it's probably best know for such audit and inventory abilities,
its real power lies in the management functionality it provides. It is not only a way of accessing information, but of configuring
and testing many system settings and features. Plus, all of this functionality can be accessed remotely.
Sometimes though, WMI just doesn't work quite right. Thankfully, there are a number of tools, many built-in to Windows, that can assist in testing,
diagnosing, and resolving issues with WMI. The WMI Recovery Center has been designed to provide a single, easy to use interface to
various diagnostic and repair options, providing
one-click access to the following functionality:
- Restart the WMI service
- Launch WBEM Tester to test WMI connectivity, browse classes, and perform queries
- Verify the WMI repository
- Register WMI
- Recompile WMI class definitions
- Perform a consistency check with the System File Checker
- Repair the WMI Repository
- Reset or rebuild the WMI repository
- Access System Restore
Localization
WMI Recovery Center is available in the following languages:
- English (default)
- Chinese-Simplified
- Chinese-Traditional
- Danish
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portugeuse
- Romanian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
The language choices are ordered in the application's drop down according to number of visits to the System Nucleus download page as recorded in the
ClustrMap.
All languages were translated from English using the Google Translator web service. My understanding of these languages varies from possible
comprehension of very basic words & phrases to astonishingly complete ignorance, so I am unable to verify any of these translations. If any translation is
found to be offensive, inaccurate, or incomprehensible, please notify me. Such notification would be most productive if accompanied by accurate translations
and details on the items to which each should be applied. If compelled to include complaints, insults or threats, please do so in the same language,
as I will certainly not understand them, enabling me to continue on in blissful ignorance.
View the accompanying blog post,
'When WMI Goes Bad'.