Re: [Ham-Computers] Win XP Pro Device Manager

[kd7eir at kd7eir.net]

This behavior occurs because the PATH environment variable does not
include the %SystemRoot%\System32\WBEM folder.

To resolve this behavior, add the %SystemRoot%\System32\WBEM folder to
your PATH environment variable. To do so, follow these steps:

1.Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2.On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
3.Under System Variables double-click the PATH environment variable.

4.Type:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\system32\WBEM
Note If other system variables appear, do not remove them.

5.Click OK, and then click OK.

Jim KD7EIR


paulahkolik at aol.com wrote on 11/08/2005, 08:39:26 PM:
> Greetings to the list.
> 
> I just did a clean install of Win XP pro (Pre-SP 2) for someone, and 
> when I attempt to open the Device Manager, I get the error message 
> "Snapin failed to initialize"
> 
> Does anybody have an idea as how to resolve this?
> 
> 
> Paul W5PDA/4
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