Microsoft KB Archive/289183

= WMI Polling Query in Namespace with No Previous Event Activity Results in Access Violation =

Article ID: 289183

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q289183



SYMPTOMS
When a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) polling query is created in a WMI namespace that has no previous event activity, an access violation may result, causing persistent data corruption and data loss.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB289183

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