Ok this is kinda weird. I bought my computer used, so I really didnt know much about it. When I got a printer for it, I bought one of those HP All In One thingies... When I installed it it wouldnt find the printer.. I kept installing it over and over and then learned that I had to manually go into the services and start the print spooler service. So thats no big deal.. BUT NOW all of a sudden, I tried to start it, and it said that the dependencies were turned off.. well from prior experience I knew that one of the dependencies was the LexBce Server.. So i go and try to start that, but it doesnt give me the option.. the "start" option on the menu is faded out. I double click it and click the properties tab on top, and it automatically pops up w/ a message reading:

WMI:Not Found

What does th is mean and how do i fix it?

this fix has worked for me before:

Regedit
browse to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WBEM\CIMOM
if the key exists try the following steps:

open cmd.exe
type the following commands:

net stop winmgmt

cd %windir%\system32\wbem\repository

del * /s /q

cd ..

regsvr32 wbemupgd.dll


in a few moments you should be told that the operation was successful.
then retry your services.


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