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    Windows performance counters screwed up

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by GrandAdmiral, Dec 19, 2007.

  1. GrandAdmiral

    GrandAdmiral Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Everyone

    I have a dv6519tx running Windows XP which I use it for a bit of programming. I moved one of my projects from my desktop to my laptop and tried to run it but it said something like 'the required counter is unavailable'. I poked around a bit and discovered that all of the performance counters in Windows XP performance monitor have gone weird, they're just a heap of random numbers that do nothing when selected. Does anyone know how to repair this? Even if i can just get the default Windows XP counters back would be great.

    Thanks in advance

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    GrandAdmiral, Dec 19, 2007
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  2. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    sure wish I knew what you mean by gone wierd...I would like to see it.

    Have you tried disabling then re-enabling ?

    start > run
    cmd
    <enter>

    diskperf -n
    <enter>

    reboot

    start > run
    cmd
    <enter>

    diskperf -y
    <enter>

    reboot

    check performance monitor again
     
    gerryf19, Dec 20, 2007
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  3. GrandAdmiral

    GrandAdmiral Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for your recommendation. Weird as in instead of having a list of performance counters (Disk, processor, etc) there is a list of apparently random numbers. I've fixed it myself, my computer started BSOD and i had to repair windows which has reset the counters back to default.

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    GrandAdmiral, Dec 20, 2007
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  4. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    I love how your sig has "Down with Microsoft" in it, but you have Microsoft OS's running both of your machines ;)

    Glad you got it working, though. Thanks for posting the solution.
     
    Pitabred, Dec 20, 2007
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