When I try to turn on the wmi service I get (snap in failed to initialize.) I have tried several things posted on here. I reinstalled the module from the xp pro disk, it did not work. I tried to delete the %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository folder. that was suggested in one post but could not find the folder. I used the search option. I need this turned on to install some drivers that are bad.

Check your hard drive. See the latter part of response 1 in this: http://www.computing.net/windows95/... If it's okay, if you have a regular XP CD and a Product Key, you could try a Repair Setup. An XP Repair Setup will not harm your existing Windows installation, but it can only fix things Windows detects as wrong, and/or replace corrupted or missing Windows files that are on your original XP CD. How to do an XP Repair Setup, step by step: http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win... If your Windows CD does not have SP1 or SP2 updates included, and you updated to SP1 or SP2, you may have to install that again to get SP1 or SP2 working properly again. SP1 or later is required for USB 2.0 and hard drives larger than 137gb (manufacturer's size; 128gb in Windows and most bioses) If your XP CD does not have at least SP1 updates included, and you have hard drives larger than 128gb (in Windows; = 137gb manufacturer's size), you need to burn a slipstreamed CD that has the contents of both the original Windows CD and the SP1 or SP2 updates - e.g. Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2 http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstr...