How to "break" the WMI

This is a weird question but we need to test the new version of TA on a VM so we need to "break" the WMI to see if we are correctly handling this case.Any idea of how this could be done ?Thanks.

>> "Any idea of how this could be done ?"

Not safely, no.

How it's "done" in the real world is one of the following variations:

1. A customer installs a close-but-not correct network driver. Sometime old. Sometimes for a wrong model. Sometimes just a partial install. Sometimes all 3.

And/or

2. The customer installs a "cleaner" app to "fix" their computer. These apps are a scam. Sometimes they're just glorified malware delivery devices. Sometimes they also steal money from customers. (Don't use these, even to try to re-create dumb user-created-problems). Only ever use the built-in Disk Cleanup tool.

Regarding the fix instructions that can be automated in your app, these can be run on even well-functioning computers nothing bad will happen. Namely, because your system is already in good shape. https://wyday.com/limelm/help/faq/#fix-broken-wmi