SQL Server 2005 Configuration Manager - Cannot Connect to WMI Provider Error

I was trying to use the SQL Server 2005 Configuration Manager tool tonight and kept getting a "Cannot connect to WMI provider" error.  Very frustrating because the error message didn't give the slightest clue how to fix the problem.  After doing a few searches, I came across the following post by Eric Charran that solved the problem.  Apparently there are some "mof" files that must not have been installed incorrectly on my system or got corrupted.   I would've never figured out the solution in a 1,000 years but fortunately Eric blogged about the following command that fixed the problem instantly:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared>mofcomp "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof"

Published Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:05 PM by dwahlin
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# re: SQL Server 2005 Configuration Manager - Cannot Connect to WMI Provider Error

Monday, May 26, 2008 11:08 AM by john

HI ,dwahlin

Can U answer a question with your company web site?

I wannt know how does it that in  your company web site when I saw the source code with per aspx ,I cannt see the

<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTTARGET" id="__EVENTTARGET" value="" />

<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTARGUMENT" id="__EVENTARGUMENT" value="" />

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE"

such code.why

thanks

# re: SQL Server 2005 Configuration Manager - Cannot Connect to WMI Provider Error

Monday, May 26, 2008 12:41 PM by dwahlin

John,

Let me know which site you're talking about.

# re: SQL Server 2005 Configuration Manager - Cannot Connect to WMI Provider Error

Monday, May 26, 2008 11:43 PM by john

OH,Sorry

web site:http://www.xmlforasp.net/

thanks for you reply

# re: SQL Server 2005 Configuration Manager - Cannot Connect to WMI Provider Error

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:37 AM by dwahlin

You'll see some ViewState in there.  All of the other controls on the page post to other pages so there's no event targets needed since postbacks to the same page aren't occurring.

# re: SQL Server 2005 Configuration Manager - Cannot Connect to WMI Provider Error

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:48 AM by john

I finded it.thanks again

# Configurazione SQL Server 2005 Express

Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:27 AM by Information Engineering

Tentando per la prima volta di utilizzare Microsoft SQL Server per il corso di C# che sto tenendo, sono incappato in un problema a dir poco increscioso. Richiamando la &quot;Gestione configurazione SQL Server&quot;, appare la solita, criptica finestra