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Asked: 2026-05-26T12:27:27+00:00

I am trying to install SQL Server 2008 and during the pre requisite check

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I am trying to install SQL Server 2008 and during the pre requisite check its always fails on
WMI service “Failed”.
I went to the event viewer and found this error in there.
“Failed to Initialize WMI Core or Provider SubSystem or Event SubSystem with error number 0x80040154. This could be due to a badly installed version of WMI, WMI repository upgrade failure, insufficient disk space or insufficient memory.”

I know there is a lot of space available in my hard drive. Also i tried a few things after googling like WMIFIX.bat file. The file ran fine but did not fix the problem.
Has anyone had this problem? If so do you have a solution?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Run the WMI Diag Utility. Here are the instructions how to do this:

    Download WMIDiag.

    To run the WMIDiag tool:
    1. Open a command prompt window.
    (Use “Run As Administrator”, if applies to your Operating System version)
    2. Navigate to the wmidiag folder that was created when you ran Wmidiag.exe.
    3. Type cscript wmidiag.vbs.

    View what the output of that is and post what it says. That’ll give you a better indication of what’s happening.

    Here is a reference for the above instructions.

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