{"id":122,"date":"2008-04-28T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2008-04-28T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snapschedul.web801.discountasp.net\/employee-scheduling-blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2016-04-14T23:43:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T23:43:06","slug":"error-in-retrieving-the-com-class-factory-for-wmi-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmscentral.com\/learn-employee-scheduling\/error-in-retrieving-the-com-class-factory-for-wmi-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Error in retrieving the COM class factory for WMI service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Issue:<\/h1>\n<p><i>I&#8217;m getting an error message, &#8220;Retrieving the COM class factory for component CLSID {CF4CC405-E2C5-4DDD-B3CE-5E7582D8C9FA} failed due to the following error: 80040154&#8221;, when I try to run Snap Schedule.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>The error is caused by a Windows setup\/system configuration that prevents the WMI service from being started properly.  <\/p>\n<h1>Resolution:<\/h1>\n<p>\nSnap Schedule 2008 is a .NET software application and requires the Microsoft Windows WMI service to be running. More than likely, the problem is related to your installation of the .NET Framework 3.0. <\/p>\n<p>Because the problem is related to a Microsoft product, please refer to the following Microsoft Knowledgebase for information and diagnostic tools that you can run to identify and repair the problem. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/926640\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/926640<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/aa751852.aspx\">http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/aa751852.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.microsoft.com\/MSDN\/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=746013&amp;SiteID=1\">http:\/\/forums.microsoft.com\/MSDN\/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=746013&amp;SiteID=1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue: I&#8217;m getting an error message, &#8220;Retrieving the COM class factory for component CLSID {CF4CC405-E2C5-4DDD-B3CE-5E7582D8C9FA} failed due to the following error: 80040154&#8221;, when I try to run Snap Schedule. Cause The error is caused by a Windows setup\/system configuration that prevents the WMI service from being started properly. 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