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get-wmiobject win32_quickfixengineering (or wmic qfe) hangs on a group of windows 10 computers

Any idea why "get-wmiobject win32_quickfixengineering" would hang on a group of windows 10 computers?

releaseid: 1909
ubr: 1646 (printnightmare patch kb5004946)

All Dell OptiPlex AIO's, 5250, 5270, 7480

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If you use Get-CimInstance you can first create a CIM session and use that together with the -OperationTimeout parameter.

But here's the thing: is it the WMI operation that's the problem, or the RPC connection?

You can use your own CIM options for the CIM session and use WSMan as the protocol rather than DCOM.

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It's WMI. It happens locally too. "wmic qfe" does the same thing. I think it's a problem with applying cumulative updates after not updating for a while.

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Would (or does) the Get-HotFix cmdlet work for you?

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Nope. I think it uses the same wmi class.

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Short of reimaging, I followed the directions on this page under "How to reset Windows Update using Command Prompt" and it worked for me. Sometimes I would have to kill the windows update service by force. https://pureinfotech.com/reset-windows-update-windows-10-fix-downloads-installs/ Windows update seems occasionally fragile. It would take me 90 minutes to reboot with "shutdown /r /t 0".

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