Microsoft KB Archive/888086

= WMI may return a value of 98 percent every time that you query the LoadPercentage property in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 888086

Article Last Modified on 3/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
After your Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer runs for several days, your Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Win32_Processor class query may return a LoadPercentage property value of 98 percent. This value is not correct and may appear every time that you query the LoadPercentage property.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  17-Nov-2004  05:25  1.50.1085.7000  1,093,727  Cimwin32.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the WMI Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor class to query processor load information. For more information about the WMI Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor class, visit the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394317.aspx



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbwinserv2003sp2fix kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp5fix KB888086

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