HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 installation guide (T4283-96011, January 2006)

Installing the CIM Extension for Microsoft Windows186
Finding Applications Dependent on WMI
The installation restarts WMI to make it aware of the CIM Extension. Services or applications using
WMI are shut down. You need to restart those applications manually.
To find applications dependent on WMI:
1. Right-click My Computer.
2. Select Manage from the drop-down menu.
3. In the left pane of the Computer Management window, select Services and
Applications.
4. In the right pane, double-click Services.
5. In the right pane, right-click Windows Management Instrumentation.
6. Select Properties from the drop-down menu.
7. Make note of the applications dependent on WMI.
How to Determine If WMI Is Running
NOTE: The following steps are for Microsoft Windows 2000. For later versions of Microsoft
Windows, refer to the documentation for your operating system.
To determine if WMI is running:
1. Right-click My Computer.
2. Select Manage from the drop-down menu.
3. In the left pane of the Computer Management window, select Services and
Applications.
4. In the right pane, double-click Services.
5. In the right pane, select Windows Management Instrumentation. Its status is displayed
in the Status column.