The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Error

Sometimes a strange problem appears-it tells that windows management files not found/missing.

How To Resolve The Problem:-

Start>Run and type in the following commands.After the end of each command press ok/Enter key.

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netshell.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\hnetcfg.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netcfgx.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netman.dll

Here is a very good information,provided by Ivan Brugiolo [MSFT] on WMI Reinstall.It has been posted at Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi
Date: 2004-04-21 00:46:56 PST

Check it here:-http://tinyurl.com/57teu

For Windows XP Professional the following reference may be handy.
How To Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313222