What is wmi performance adapter

Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Learn More. Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Provides performance library information from Windows Management Instrumentation WMI providers to clients on the network.

This service only runs when Performance Data Helper is activated. With this technology, programs and scripts receive data about the internal state of the OS. In Windows, there is a list of WMI providers that are responsible for connecting to the Internet, DNS settings, file encryption — they are often accessed by scripts of system administrators.

If suddenly process starts using to much of the CPU there are few reasons:. While you can definitely disable it, a lot can be done remotely with the WMI interface. I can connect to computers remotely, install printers, do inventory, and more. That will no longer work.

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