Microsoft KB Archive/317816

= Cannot Add a Counter Item of Performance =

Article ID: 317816

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q317816



SYMPTOMS
When you add several counter items on Performance for logging performance counters, you may receive the following error message:

Unable to add counter performance item. System error: The specified counter path could not be interpreted.



CAUSE
When you select Using local computer counters, All counters, and All instance, this may occur.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date         Time   Version        Size     File name -  20-Feb-2002  13:04  5.0.2195.4952  152,848  Pdh.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, choose Select counters from computers under Add Counters, and then click your computer name.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

Additional query words: kbMgmtAdmin

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbsysadmin kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbhotfixserver KB317816

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