When I try to collect system information I get the following message:
"Can't Collect Information
Access denied to Windows Management Instrumentation server on this computer. Have an administrator change your access permissions."
I believe I am the administrator since it's my home computer and I'm the only user.
Can you help?
Thanks...

For Windows XP - To rebuild a corrupt WMI, perform the following:

Rebuilding the WMI Repository
If you experience behavior when using WMI, such as application errors or scripts that used to work are no longer working, you may have a corrupted WMI repository. To fix a corrupted WMI repository, you have to reinstall WMI. Follow these steps:

Click Start, Run and type CMD
Type this command and press Enter:

Net stop winmgmt

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to %systemroot%\system32\wbem directory and delete the Repository directory (wbem). By default, the repository folder is located in the C:\Windows\system32\wbem directory.
Switch to Command Prompt window, and type:

Net start winmgmt

Re-registering the WMI components
The .DLL and .EXE files used by WMI are located in %windir%\system32\wbem. You might need to re-register all the .DLL and .EXE files in this directory. If you are running a 64-bit system you might also need to check for .DLLs and .EXE files in %windir%\sysWOW64\wbem.

To re-register the WMI components, run the following commands at the command prompt:

Cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem

For %i in (*.dll) do RegSvr32 -s %i

For %i in (*.exe) do %i /RegServer

Hi,
I tried that method and am still getting the same message, however, I have more than one repository in the wbem directory... there is also a folder named "repository.001" and another named "repository.002". The repository and repository.001 both contain a folder name "FS" that has seven files in it and also a CFG file titled "$WinMgmt.CFG". "repository.002" only has the "FS" folder in it which is empty.
Any ideas of what I should do next?
Thanks!

I typed Net stop winmgmt and got the answer "the especified does not exit as an installed servises

I try to fix my wmi and follow the direction but when ia type the "net stop winmgmt" the system answer is "the especified service does not exist as an installed service