Hello dlonra,

The WMI interface is implemented using the Intel ME WMI provider (MeProv.DLL) included by OEMs in Intel vPro installations. The provider abstracts lower level commands to a set of classes that support discovery and configuration. This capability is part of Intel AMT Release 6.0.

Can you give us a little more detail on your vPro system? What release of the FW or AMT is it running? What OS is on your system? You should check out this blog about makingsure you have winrm installed and that it is configured correctly.

Hi dionra,

Unfortunately, the Intel Corei3 processors do not support Intel Active Management Technology. Intel AMT requires processors that have a Manageability Engine (core i5/i7). I wrote a -->blog <-- a while back letting people know what to look for when purchasing AMT capable systems.

Another good resource to use if you are building your own system is at this -->URL<-- . Select a processor and you can easily see what features/technologies it supports.

I knew you were going to ask that as soon as I hit "Submit."

The Intel WMI Provider makes calls to the ME so you have to have an AMT capable system to use it. WS MAN has generic APIs that can be used to make such queries to any system. As this Community's focus is vPro, all the tools we offer will be specific to managing a system using Intel Active Management Technology.

So the answer is "Yes" you can use WMI/WS-MAN to query the capabilities of your non-vPro system but not with our tools that will be communicating with the Manageability Engine.

>>...Intel ME WMI provider (MeProv.DLL) included by OEMs in Intel vPro installations...

Did you try to contact to Asus?

I also searched the Internet ( google.com ) and I found lots of linksfor MeProv.Dll. One of them is:

http://www.advancedpctweaker.com/dll-errors/MeProv.dll.html

Note: Please be careful if you decide to download.

You've tried with 'mofcomp.exe' application from '\Systems32\Wbem' folder, right?

Did you try to do any tests with 'wbemtest.exe'?

Best regards,
Sergey

Hi - can you send me the actual model name/number for this ASUS system? According to ark.intel.com, the processor has the right stuff (although it isn't on my list, so I'm suspicious.) I would for you to try a few things on your system.

1. Run theSCS Discovery Tool and attach the outputxml fileto this thread.
After you have downloaded this tool, open a command window as "Administrator" and type in the following command:
>SCSDiscovery.exe /Output file test.xml SystemDiscovery /NoRegistry
test.xml will be a debug file - look for another file named with the FQDN of your computer - that's the one I want to see. It will tell us if your system is AMT capable and if it has all the right components.

2. Go into your Computer Management and look U-under the Services and Applications. You should see a "WMI Control" entry. If you right-click on that you can get the properties. Go into the Security Tab, expand "Root" and you should see "Intel_ME". If you see that, then the MEProv.dllwas included in your system build and itwill support the WMI Provider APIs.

And then you should be able to go to where the WMI samples are in the SDK: /Windows/Intel_AMT/Samples/WMI and type in the following:
> cscript SystemProperties.vbs from a CMD window

Does this command execute successfully?

Note that the WMI Provider dllis optional for OEMs to install or provide on their support site. If this is the case for you, you will not have the option of usingthe WMI provider classes and youraccess tothe MEI driver would be to use the API's documented in the AMT SDK (very limited set of APIs).

Yes, this is true and you can start at this LINK. You can search the download center for your motherboard/chipset, etc. You would be looking for the mei driver packages. I see that they are wrapped up in an exe. (ex for AMT7:MEI_AllOS_7.1.21.1134_PV.exe) This update works for the following desktop boards:
Intel Desktop Board DX79SI Intel Desktop Board DX79TO

Again, you need to look for the update that works for your Desktop Board (I do not have that information here.)

Your Asus is an AMT 7 system, correct? So you will need to find the MEI driver package that has a 7.x versioning. If you run the exe it will expand the package and you will see a folder that is called "MEWMIProv." This is a last resort and we do not like to point our developers to the Intel specific tools because they have not been validated to run correctly on your OEM system (it doesn't mean they won't work, but it can mean that you may experience issues.)

Wait.. Is this an Apple? What is the system that is vPro Capable (The Asus?) Note that vPro is not supported on Core i3 and only only on PC's with Intel Core 5 and Intel Core 7. The blog that I referenced above identifies all the components that your systems needs to have in order to be capable of Intel AMT.

Your SCS Discovery output has the following line:
false

This means that even though the the processor is a valid processor, Apple does not supportvPro and therefore you cannot runIntel AMTon this system.

I shall ask again... Are you trying to run this on an Apple?

*Like! Now that you have the right hardware we can move forward. Let us know how it goes. So Dell does not include the MEProv.dll in their installation? (You did not see the Intel_ME namespace in the WMI Control under Computer Management/Services and apps?)