WMI Sink Interface Methods May Return Invalid Error Codes (278952)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation 1.5, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q278952

SYMPTOMS

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) uses the IWbemObjectSink and IWbemUnboundObjectSink classes to send event notifications and to report on the status of asynchronous operations. WMI calls the IWbemObjectSink's Indicate method or the IWbemUnboundObjectSink's IndicateToConsumer method to actually deliver events to a consumer. When these methods are called, the event consumer returns an WBEM_S_NO_ERROR (S_OK) code if the operation was successful. If the operation was not successful, the event consumer returns an appropriate error code. In some situations, this error code is overwritten and not propagated back properly to the caller.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: 
   Date        Time      Version       Size     File name     Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------------
   11/10/2000  22:49:03  1.50.1085.37  147,536  Fastprox.dll  Intel

How to Use the Hotfix Installer

NOTE: You can use this method for only Intel-based computers with Windows 2000 installed.
  1. Copy the Q278952.exe hotfix file to a local folder on your computer or to a share on your network.
  2. Run the Q278952.exe file and follow the directions.
  3. Restart your computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbQFE kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB278952
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