What does Windows error code 4200 (ERROR_WMI_GUID_NOT_FOUND) mean?

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Description: the requested WMI data-block GUID is absent from the provider's active registration.

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ERROR_DHCP_ADDRESS_CONFLICT	ERROR_WMI_INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND

ERROR_WMI_GUID_NOT_FOUND

A block lookup failed before an instance was selected

Kernel-mode WMI identifies a data or event block with a GUID. This status says that the provider handling the request does not currently expose that block. It is therefore different from an unknown CIM class in a user-mode namespace and different from an unknown instance: the request did not get as far as selecting a particular device or data record.

For a WDM provider, the GUID must be present in the registration data returned for the device, and a request tagged for another provider must be forwarded down the device stack rather than answered locally. A stale consumer request can also target a block that was removed during a registration update or device-removal transition.

Checks that identify the mismatch

Compare the request GUID with the WMIREGGUID entries returned by the provider for the same device object.
Confirm that the request is handled only when ProviderId matches the device object registered with WMI.
Trace registration, update, and deregistration events; do not treat a missing GUID as evidence that the requested instance data is corrupt.

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