topic Why is there Universal forwarder error from splunk-wmi.exe? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-there-Universal-forwarder-error-from-splunk-wmi-exe/m-p/460410#M79482 <P>I have been trouble shooting this problem for a little while now and no luck. Anyone have any guidance on what is causing the following error? It is being executed by the splunk-wmi.exe script.</P> <P>WMI - Error occurred while trying to retrieve results from a WMI query (error="Specified class is not valid." HRESULT=80041010) (root\cimv2: SELECT Name, IDProcess, PrivateBytes, PercentProcessorTime FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process)</P> Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:12:27 GMT chrisfilor 2023-08-08T16:12:27Z Why is there Universal forwarder error from splunk-wmi.exe? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-there-Universal-forwarder-error-from-splunk-wmi-exe/m-p/460410#M79482 <P>I have been trouble shooting this problem for a little while now and no luck. Anyone have any guidance on what is causing the following error? It is being executed by the splunk-wmi.exe script.</P> <P>WMI - Error occurred while trying to retrieve results from a WMI query (error="Specified class is not valid." HRESULT=80041010) (root\cimv2: SELECT Name, IDProcess, PrivateBytes, PercentProcessorTime FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process)</P> Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:12:27 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-there-Universal-forwarder-error-from-splunk-wmi-exe/m-p/460410#M79482 chrisfilor 2023-08-08T16:12:27Z Re: Universal forwarder error from splunk-wmi.exe https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-there-Universal-forwarder-error-from-splunk-wmi-exe/m-p/653462#M110841 <P>Not a splunk issue, follow procedures at:<BR /><A href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-performance-team/wmi-missing-or-failing-wmi-providers-or-invalid-wmi-class/ba-p/375485" target="_blank">https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-performance-team/wmi-missing-or-failing-wmi-providers-or-invalid-wmi-class/ba-p/375485</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:18:20 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-there-Universal-forwarder-error-from-splunk-wmi-exe/m-p/653462#M110841 kpkeimig 2023-08-07T20:18:20Z