> Do these CWbemProviderGlue init failures tell us anything?

Doing the diligent search on CwbemProviderGlue init calls, I see whatever
they are, Microsoft feels they are obsolete according to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...oviderglue.asp
which says

"CWbemProviderGlue ties the Component Object Model (COM) interfaces of the
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) API to the classes derived from
the Provider class, and supplies methods for providers to use to query each
other."

May I ask what a "PROVIDER" is (or am I barking up the wrong tree)?

TQ