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Offline 5CheeseLasagna

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wmiprvse.exe?
« on: March 24, 2009, 12:25:06 AM »
Hi everyone!  Before I start:  thank you for looking at my thread!

Okay, here's my question:  do you know what wmiprvse.exe is and whether or not I should prevent it from running?  If it's safe to prevent it from running, then I would like to know how to prevent it.  As some of you know, this service isn't running all the time;  it seems totally random.  So, another thing I would really like to know is why it's not always running.

I have been searching for the answer for a few months, and so I think I know what that answer might be, however, I'm asking here to see what you all say.


Thank you for your time, and again: thank you for looking at my thread!
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Re: wmiprvse.exe?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2009, 01:55:35 AM »
Yes, I know what it is:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/Services/WMI_Performance_Adapter.htm
And should you stop it from running?
I have had it always disabled with no side effects.
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Offline 5CheeseLasagna

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Re: wmiprvse.exe?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2009, 07:10:13 AM »
WMI Performance Adapter is already set to Disable, so I'd like to make absolutely sure for myself as to what this is.  I mean, when it's running, there are no additional services started, not even WMI Performance Adapter; it's remains Disabled.  Furthermore, there are always 21 services Started in Services.msc with or without seeing wmiprvse running using the Task Manager.

Here's a screenshot of the Task Manager in my system with wmiprvse.exe at the top of the list:

(http://home.comcast.net/%7Etim2679/taskmanager.jpg)

By the way, thank you for replying, BV.  But much more than that, thank you for posting all the ways to streamline and tweak XP SP2.  I don't think I've ever been such a happy user before. ;D hehe
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Re: wmiprvse.exe?
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2009, 11:48:08 AM »
I have not installed my VM's for XP as of yet.
I hope to nail this down soon.
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