[aeternam]

I used vLite on Windows Vista Business x86. Now after a clean install I get:

WMI Reverse Peformance Adapter Maintenance Utility stopped working and was closed

A problem caused the application to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available.

I keep getting these errors for no reason at all. I am attaching the error message as well as the vLite session info.

Last Session

; vLite preset file

[Information]
Version = 1.0 beta on 2.0.50727.42 Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Target = Windows Vista BUSINESS 32bit 6.0.6000.16386

[Components]
;# Accessories #
Accessibility
Mobility Center
Paint
Snipping Tool
Speech Support
System Information
Welcome Center
Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
Wordpad
;# Drivers #
Printers-Apollo
Printers-Brother
Printers-Citizen
Printers-Dell
Printers-Diconix
Printers-Epson
Printers-Fuji Xerox
Printers-Fujitsu
Printers-Generic
Printers-Gestetner
Printers-HP
Printers-IBM
Printers-Infotec
Printers-Konica
Printers-Konica Minolta
Printers-Kyocera Mita
Printers-Lanier
Printers-Lexmark
Printers-Minolta
Printers-Minolta-QMS
Printers-NEC
Printers-NRG
Printers-Oce
Printers-Oki
Printers-Okidata
Printers-Olivetti
Printers-Panasonic
Printers-QMS
Printers-Ricoh
Printers-Samsung
Printers-Savin
Printers-Seikosha
Printers-Sharp
Printers-Sony
Printers-Star
Printers-Tally
Printers-Tektronix
Printers-Wipro ePeripherals
Printers-Xerox
Scanners
Sound controllers
;# Games #
Game Explorer
Inbox Games
Premium Inbox Games
;# Hardware Support #
Fax Support
Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
Smartcards
;# Multimedia #
Movie and DVD Maker
Screensavers
SideShow
Sound Recorder
Windows Calendar
Windows Media Codecs
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Samples
Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Photo Viewer
;# Network #
Connect to a Network Projector
Internet Information Services
Remote Desktop and Assistance
Remote Desktop Client
Windows Collaboration
Windows Mail
;# Services #
Microsoft DFS Replication
Offline Files
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Volume Shadow Copy
Windows Remote Management
Windows Search
;# System #
Disk Defragmenter
Microsoft Agent
Natural Language
Performance Counters
ReadyBoost
Reliability and Performance Monitor
Security Center
Sync Center
System Restore
Tablet PC
Windows Backup
Windows Defender
Windows Easy Transfer
Windows SAT
Zip Folder

[Options]
UAC (User Account Control) = Disabled
Power scheme = High performance

[Protection]

[Drivers]

[Unattended]

Attached File(s)

•  WMI.jpg (17.21K)
  Number of downloads: 10
•  Last_Session.ini (4.26K)
  Number of downloads: 6

[aeternam]

Anyone? This problem is really bothering me and I need help to fix it. Also I think I removed something that won't let me play WMV/WMA's, I think it might be something with the error messages. Even installing the codecs won't fix it.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Windows Media Codecs
Windows Media Player

You removed these right?

your innability to play those files are most likely a side effect of that.

[aeternam]

Alright, I will try and find a way to download the codecs but WMA/WMV isn't that important.

Although I would like to know if anyone has a solution to the WMI Reverse Performance Adapter errors I am getting.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Why not just build another disk and re-install?

[nuhi]

As for the other issue, WMI errors, try keeping the:
Performance Counters
Reliability and Performance Monitor

I will for sure check if it's possible to bypass the dependency, thx for reporting.

[aeternam]

I was also wondering if there was a codec package where I can download the Windows Media codecs. I really don't want to rebuild the install and reinstall my whole OS. I don't have any more CD's lying around and I don't have time to go out and buy. So I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to add the WM codecs back or a site to redownload them.

I also tried using CCCP (www.cccp-project.net) to play the WMV files but MPC is unable to render the videos, so I'm guessing I would still need the codecs even if I do have ffdshow installed.

[geo411m]

yes its called windows media lite. it allows you to play wmv files without having media player or its codec installed.

[dexter.inside]

nuhi, if you remove LOADPERF.DLL, is there any particular reason for keeping WMIADAP.EXE ?

 
Faulting application WMIADAP.EXE, version 6.0.6000.16386, 
time stamp 0x4549af43, faulting module loadperf.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, 
time stamp 0x4549bdc9, exception code 0xc0000135, fault offset 0x00008fc7, 
process id 0xdf8, application start time 0x01c7b18ac82e510b. 

This post has been edited by dexter.inside: 18 June 2007 - 10:17 AM

[nuhi]

dexter.inside, I was just planning to keep loadperf in the next one but I'll see about the possibility to remove that with it instead, thx.

[dexter.inside]

this is the associated registry data for WMIADAP, component and SxS assembly.

 
HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\x86_microsoft-windows-wmi-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_b71d411922ad8f1f
\f!wmiadap.exe

HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\x86_microsoft-windows-wmi-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_b71d411922ad8f1f
\f!wmiadap.tmf

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\DerivedData\Components\x86_microsoft-windows-wmi-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_b71d411922ad8f1f
\f!wmiadap.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\DerivedData\Components\x86_microsoft-windows-wmi-core_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_b71d411922ad8f1f
\f!wmiadap.tmf
 

I believe that removing these keys will stop the error described in this topic. By removing loadperf.dll, the windows management instrumentation is left without performance monitoring anyways.
And I noticed that there is some performance gain after I removed performance counters, probably due to less background processing being done.

This post has been edited by dexter.inside: 19 June 2007 - 12:20 AM

[nuhi]

wmi-core? Then no way Hose...until the WMI is component by itself gonna keep the loadperf.

[dexter.inside]

I believe there is more to this problem... even with loadperf.dll in place, there are problems when msiexec is installing drivers via WMI on TrustedInstaller credentials. SQL 2005 Enterprise, SQL 2008 (codename Katmai), and VMware Workstation 6 will not install. Is there some other component that removes files related to WMI ?

Edit: I will investigate this on Windows Server 2008 later today

This post has been edited by dexter.inside: 19 June 2007 - 06:13 AM

[nuhi]

Probably counters, try keeping that component in vLite.