Microsoft® Windows® Scripting with WMI: Self-Paced Learning Guide

Chapter 14: Troubleshooting WMI 303

The next most common Mofcomp command is one in which you must specify the namespace

into which the MOF file will be compiled. This is as follows:

C:\mofcomp –N:root\myNameSpace myMofFile.mof

Using WMIchk

WMIchk.exe is a tool that was developed by Microsoft Premier Support Services to aid admin-

istrators in quickly gathering all the information they need to perform initial troubleshooting

of WMI configuration problems. The amount of information supplied by this tool can save

you hours of information gathering. It is included in the WMIcheck folder on the CD accom-

panying this book. To use the WMIchk.exe tool you, open a CMD prompt and type the follow-

ing command:

C:\>wmichk >wmiChk.txt

Open the WmiChk.txt ...