I found a bottle on the shelf the other day and inked it up . I rely enjoy it as well . <| sep |> I ' m just going off of what I bought it as 7 months ago or so , if it isn ' t is isn ' t I guess <| sep |> Resolution This worked for me , so please don ' t assume this will work for you , unless you are me in which case oh god existential crisis oh god . Connect to your PRI as an AdministratorLaunch WBEMTEST as an AdministratorConnect to rootsmssiteSITECODEEnum ClassesRecursiveDouble Click on S M S TaskSequencePackageDouble Click on G e t P a r e n t A n dChildSequencesCancelSave ObjectVoilaThe theory being , WMI permissions were somehow hosed during the upgrade . The steps above will redefine according to support permissions on those classes , which will then allow SMSPROVIDER to work . So . yeah . That fixed my site , at least . Might be worth a shot , or open a ticket .