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How to stop a WMI error message from being displayed on a computer that is running a 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003

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Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986� (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/ ) Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

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Introduction

This article describes how to stop a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) error message from being displayed on a computer that is running a 64-bit edition of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. A WMI error typically occurs because of a critical hardware error.

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To stop a WMI error message from being displayed on a computer that is running a 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003, add the DisableMCAPopups registry entry. To do this, follow these steps:

Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
  2. Locate and then click the following subkey in the registry:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI
  3. On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value.
  4. Type DisableMCAPopups, and then press ENTER.
  5. Double-click DisableMCAPopups.
  6. Type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
  7. Exit Registry Editor.

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References

To view a list of WMI error codes and descriptions with details about each error code that the WMI interface can return, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394559.aspx

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Keywords: KB867738, kbinfo, kberrmsg, kbregistry, kbhowto

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Article Info
Article ID : 867738
Revision : 4
Created on : 2/6/2007
Published on : 2/6/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 303