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How to crash WMI in 2008 server

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Friends,

how to crash WMI manually for testing purpose. The following steps i have done but once i started the WMI console, it automatically recover the data :(

Help me friends.

1. Stopped the WMI service, opened the objects.data file in notepad, deleted maximum content in that, started the WMI service again.

2. Stopped the WMI service, deleted the objects.data file and started WMI.

3. Deleted some classes in WMI (like cimv2\sms).

Saturday, January 25, 2014 5:46 AM

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Tried deleting this folder : %windir%\system32\wbem ??

Arnav Sharma | Facebook | Twitter Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 6:04 PM
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This may help to find proper procedure

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982293

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959493/EN-US
- Edited by Milos Puchta Sunday, January 26, 2014 8:02 PM
- Proposed as answer by arnavsharma Sunday, February 2, 2014 1:29 PM
- Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Tuesday, February 4, 2014 2:15 AM
Sunday, January 26, 2014 8:01 PM

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Tried deleting this folder : %windir%\system32\wbem ??

Arnav Sharma | Facebook | Twitter Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
- Proposed as answer by arnavsharma Sunday, February 2, 2014 1:29 PM
- Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Tuesday, February 4, 2014 2:15 AM
Sunday, January 26, 2014 6:04 PM
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This may help to find proper procedure

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982293

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959493/EN-US
- Edited by Milos Puchta Sunday, January 26, 2014 8:02 PM
- Proposed as answer by arnavsharma Sunday, February 2, 2014 1:29 PM
- Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Tuesday, February 4, 2014 2:15 AM
Sunday, January 26, 2014 8:01 PM