Solution
There are two possible reason that could caused this issue.
- WMI Service Is Not Running
- Insufficient Privileges When Running MATLAB
- WMI Service Is Reporting Errors
- IT restrictions
To resolve this issue, try the following steps below.
- Open Control Panel>Services and check that Windows Management Instrumentation is Running and set to Automatic startup.
- Try to run MATLAB with admin elevated privileges.
- Check if WMI service is reporting any errors
- Open the Run tool by pressing Windows+R
- Enter wmimgmt.msc and click OK. This will open the wmimgmt console.
- Right-click on Console Root>WMI Control (Local) and select Properties.
- In the General tab, check the message log to see if it is reporting WMI errors. If the following error appears, it could indicate a low-level WMI repository corruption and requires IT department for repair.
