Microsoft KB Archive/830076

= Performance counters are missing in Windows 2000 =

PSS ID Number: 830076

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you open Performance Monitor in Windows 2000, the operating system base performance counters (such as Memory or CPU) do not appear.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the performance counters are turned off, or if your default locale is set to Turkish.



Verify that the performance counters are turned on
To verify that the performance counters are turned on, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start the Exctrlst.exe tool. The Exctrlst.exe tool is in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit.
 * 2) Click the first item in the Extensible Performance Counters list box.
 * 3) If the Performance Counters Enabled check box is cleared, select it to turn on the performance counters.
 * 4) Click the next item in the Extensible Performance Counters list box, and then repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have selected the Performance Counters Enabled check box for all the items in the list box.

Modify the registry
Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

By default, your operating system may be set to Turkish. If so, follow these steps:  Start Registry Editor. Locate the following key:

 If there are keys other than 009 in the Perflib folder, delete those keys.

If you cannot delete the key because the key is in use, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Regional Options. In the Your locale (location) list box, clickEnglish (United States), and then click OK.</li> Use Registry Editor to delete the other keys.</li> Set your computer default back to Turkish, and then restart the server.</li></ol> </li></ol>

The performance counters should now be visible.

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STATUS
For additional information about manually rebuilding performance counter library values, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

300956 How to manually rebuild performance counter library values

Additional query words: base counters performance missing gone do not don't work

Keywords: kbprb KB830076

Technology: kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch

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