re: WMI: "REFERENCES OF" query failure during Provider startup could be disastrous

Jim Henley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:52:53 GMT

Thanks for this article. I resolved my problem installing Vista SP2. It is very easy to add an apostrophe to the computer name using the System Control Panel of Vista Home Premium. I did so when I bough my first Vista machine in September of 2007. It caused the WMI errors that are mentioned in the article. MS Support for SP2 walked me through recompiling the MOF's, reregestering the dll's and more. Then MS support stopped responding. I found this article after many hours of googling. I sent the solution to the MS person. Apparently, these WMI errors have been happening since I first got my machine. I do not know why I was able to install SP1. BTW - the download page for the MS utility, WMI_DIAG.VBS, states that it is compatible with Vista, but it is not. It reports missing files that have been moved out of the wbem directory and into system32. It also reports many other errors. I believe the WMI files were moved with XP SP3. Thanks again.

JimHBus@Yahoo.com

Thanks for the feedback Jim!

Ronsto