In trying to install the SCCM 2012 client on a Windows 7 workstation  it terminated with error 0x80041002.  Here’s the log snippet from CCMSETUP.LOG:

[LOG[Failed to open to WMI namespace ‘\\.\root\cimv2’ (80041002)]LOG]! [LOG[CcmGetOSVersion failed with 0x80041002]LOG]! [LOG[Failed to open to WMI namespace ‘\\.\root\ccm’ (80041002)]LOG]! [LOG[Failed to get client version for sending messages to FSP. Error 0x80041002]LOG]! [LOG[Params to send FSP message ‘5.0.7958.1000 Deployment Error 0x80041002 : ‘]LOG]! [LOG[Failed to open to WMI namespace ‘\\.\root\ccm’ (80041002)]LOG]! [LOG[State message with TopicType 800 and TopicId {A1967584-10FA-45E0-8790-1559DEF627B5} has been sent to the FSP]LOG]! [LOG[CcmSetup failed with error code 0x80041002]LOG]!

It turned out that WMI on this workstation was completely unusable.  When using the WBEMTEST application you couldn’t even connect to the WMI at all.

With the help of the WMI: Rebuilding the WMI Repository article I was able to rebuild WMI on this workstation using the following commands:

Winmgmt /verifyrepository

Winmgmt /salvagerepository

Once WBEMTEST connected successfully the SCCM Client correctly installed.