Windows 10: Error in Event Viewer NSSM service WMS

Recently I discovered that in the Application section of the windows logs, these error keep showing up every time since i boot up, I've checked that on Google but it seems have no solution for me. Is it viruses or a normal thing? Please help. Thanks.

P.S. The imgur link beneath are the error types which all came from the source "nssm" which i totally have no clue on it.

https://imgur.com/a/Xe5nt

Strings:

Requested stop of service WMS. No action is required as program C:\Windows\wdf\wdf.exe is not running.

Failed to start service WMS. Program C:\Windows\wdf\wdf.exe couldn't be launched. CreateProcess() failed: The system cannot find the file specified.
Service WMS received START control, which will be handled.

Service NVU ran for less than 1500 milliseconds. Restart will be delayed by 256000 milliseconds.

Service NVU action for exit code 0 is Restart. Attempting to restart C:\Windows\nv\NvProfileUpdater64.exe.

:)

 

Failed to start service WMS - Error Id 1010


Okay, so the HowToGeek method didn't fully solve my issue, but did give some insight. I uninstalled MalwareBytes, but now a new process is identified by Event Viewer in the errors for Windows Management Instrumentation: svchost.exe. I'd assume that this is the Service Host for WMI. Unsure what could be done to fix that error.

But here's the thing I'm confused about. In Services, I can three relevant separate services: Windows Management Instrumentation, WMI and WMI Performance Adapter. Windows Management Instrumentation starts and stops without problem. However, it is the Service called WMI that cannot be started, giving the aforementioned "WmiPrvSE.exe cannot be found". Yet, when I click on properties for this WMI service, it says that the display name is WMI, yet its service name is WMS.

So here's where I'm stuck, is this WMI (or WMS) different from Windows Management Instrumentation? This WMI (I'll call it WMS from now on to avoid confusion) has a path to C:\Windows\wmi\netmon.exe. Yet, this folder doesn't exist on any PC but my own. Do you guys see the WMS service (with a display name of WMI), or is me seeing that service maybe indicative of the larger problem?




Screenshot of the WMS process with its path to executable. This is the Service that gives the error "WmiPrvSE.exe not found" when I attempt to start it (which always fails)


UPDATE: Source of the error for WMS (WMI display name) comes from "nssm", shown below:



Doing some research, that's something called the "Non-Sucking Service Manager". Now, I'm not sure if that comes with Windows 10, but I don't remember installing it. Is this program the cause of the issues, or may it just be the program reporting the error?

 

Failed to start service WMS - Error Id 1010


I can't be absolutely certain but it would appear that the first instance I can find of the 1010 error appearing was on 22/01/18 after several hours use. I'm trying to think back if that was the date/time I first noticed the high CPU use and stopped the service ?

The problem is my event log only starts 22/01/18 but has 5,575 events logged.

From Event Viewer 'Admin' log
15:19 event ID 7024 - "The WMS service terminated with the following service-specific error: The system cannot find the path specified."
15:21 - "The WMI service terminated with the following service-specific error: The system cannot find the path specified."

From Event Viewer 'Windows System log'
15:24 event 1010 - "Failed to start service WMS. Program C:\Windows\wmi\WmiPrvSE.exe couldn't be launched. CreateProcess() failed: The system cannot find the file specified."

 

Event Viewer Error.

Hi Janeane,

Thanks for your reply.

I'm sorry to report that restarting the Software Protection service did not resolve the problem.

Looking at:

Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Application

The error still appears at least every 30 seconds.

Looking at:

Computer Management > Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > SoftwareProtectionPlatform

The page contains no folders or content.

Kind Regards,