From: chuckh1958_nospam@gmail.com   
      
   I'm running mostly sql 2005 on Windows 2003 or 2008 Server. When   
   applying SP4 to SQL 2005 I am required to stop the Windows Management   
   Insrtumentation service. About 60% of the time when I try to stop it, it   
   gets hung in the "stopping" state and the only way I've found shut it   
   down then is to bounce the server.   
      
   1) If it does get stuck in the "stopping" state, is there anything at   
   that point short of a reboot that will force it to shut down?   
   2) Is there another way to shut down the service and guarantee it will   
   stop cleanly?   
      
      
   TIA   
      
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