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winmgmt not responding
All,
thanks for the replies. this solves the "bluescreen" problem. however, the computer still seems to be loading winmgmt and you get the "not responding" message any time you try to shut down. Any other programs making use of this or is there another way to disable winmgmt.exe? thanks KMR -----Original Message----- See if this helps courtesy of MikeM. Joan One application that calls winmgmt.exe is the PCHealth Scheduler for Data Collection. If you have not already done so you might want to consider disabling this after reading what follows. PCHealth Scheduler for Data Collection: The PCHealth entry in MSConfig | Startup and also in the Task Scheduler, refers to the PCHealth Scheduler for Data Collection routine (pchschd.exe) which launches winmgmt.exe to collect software and hardware configuration data that can be accessed using Help & Support's System Information's History view. In other words it allows you to see changes over a period of time to your system such as drivers. The details collected are contained in the files CollectedData???.xml files in the folder ...\windows\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl. Note that all that pchschd.exe is doing every ten minutes is checking if the system is idle or not. If idle it launches winmgmt.exe to collect the information and sets itself to run again in 6 hours, if not it continues to run at ten minute intervals until it finds the system is idle. As to whether you need this historic data or not, only you can decide. A number of us have long since decided to disable pchschd.exe having no use for the collected data. It should be noted that if you contact MS or an OEM for help that it is possible that they might request you send them these files. If you do choose to disable pchschd.exe it is ESSENTIAL to delete/disable it from both MSConfig | Startup and the Task Scheduler as otherwise the startup entry will recreate the Task Scheduler entry when the system is rebooted. One advantage of disabling the PCHealth Scheduler is that it minimizes the chances of winmgmt.exe causing problems. What happens is that quite often winmgmt.exe doesn't exit correctly when it has finished but instead remains resident and using cpu cycles. Note also that disabling these entries does NOT affect either System Restore or System File Protect, nor AutoUpdate or your ability to use Help & Support, all part of what Microsoft call "PCHealth". -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP KMR wrote: I applied all of the patches to my ME operating system and now when I try to shut down my computer, I get a "winmgmt not responding" error. Clicking "wait" does nothing. clicking "end task" gets me a blue screen and then I have to turn off the computer. I tried my computer manufacturer (Dell) but they told me to re-install. This seems like NOT the right way to approach this. Anyone ever seen this problem and can give me some guidance. Thanks KMR . .. |
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