MP does not start and mpcontrol.log shows error code 0x8004100e

MPControl.log: 

CWmi::Connect(): ConnectServer(Namespace) failed. - 0x8004100e
CMPControlManager::WriteToCCMSettings(): pWmi->Connect() failed - 0x8004100e
STATMSG: ID=5432 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER" SYS=server123.abc.com SITE=LAB PID=2060 TID=4292 GMTDATE=Mon Nov 26 20:38:52.423 2012 ISTR0="" ISTR1="" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=0
MPStart(): WriteToCCMSettings() failed - 0x8004100e
SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER failed to start with 0x8004100e

resolution: 

Make sure the SCCM client(SMS Agent Host) service is up and running and the client is working properly.