Windows could not stop the Windows Management Instrumentation(WMI) service on Local Computer - Error 5: Access is denied

Haider Ali 20

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I have been trying to stop WMI service but I get this error all the time. Can anyone please help me?

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Hania Lian 17,026 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-03-04T02:52:21.93+00:00
Hello,

Can you stop any other services normally?

This error message indicates that you do not have sufficient permissions to stop the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service. To resolve this issue, you can try the following steps:

Open the Command Prompt as an administrator.

Type "net stop winmgmt" and press Enter.

If prompted, type "Y" to stop the WMI service.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Hania Lian
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Haider Ali 20 Reputation points

2024-03-04T09:52:02.72+00:00

Hi @Hania Lian , I tried what you suggested me to. It's not working, do you have any other solution for me please. Due to WMI being corrupted, my winmgmt commands are also not working, if I type Winmgmt /verifyrepository or similar commands. It showes me it is not recognized as an internal or external command.

Haider Ali 20 Reputation points

2024-03-04T09:56:00.1066667+00:00

There's something I also noticed. When I stopped "IP helper" service. It stops that service but when I try to stop the "Malware Bytes" service. It gives me error 5, do you think that the error I am receiving on WMI service is due to MalwareBytes?

Pandablocks XD 0 Reputation points

2024-08-05T22:38:07.63+00:00

It doesn't work for me, I get error 5 access denied. Have you found another solution?
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