Microsoft KB Archive/304541

= System Monitor Is Missing in the DNS Counters and Event ID 3009 Is Logged =

Article ID: 304541

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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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 Q304541



SYMPTOMS
After you install DNS on a Windows 2000-based domain controller, the System Monitor counters for DNS do not exist. In addition, one of the following events are logged in the Application log in Event Viewer:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: LoadPerf

Event Category: None

Event ID: 3009

Date: 4/27/2001

Time: 8:00:09 PM

User: N/A

Computer: MYCOMPUTER

Description:

Installing the performance counter strings for DNS failed. The Error code is DWORD 0 of the Record Data.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Perflib

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1008

Date: 4/27/2001

Time: 8:06:55 PM

User: N/A

Computer: MYCOMPUTER

Description:

The Open Procedure for service &quot;DNS&quot; in DLL &quot;C:\WINNT\system32\dnsperf.dll&quot; failed. Performance data for this service will not be available. Status code returned is data DWORD 0.



RESOLUTION
 Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. At the command prompt type the following commands (and press ENTER after each command line):

CD \SYSTEM32

UNLODCTR DNSPERF.INI

LODCTR DNSPERF.INI

NOTE: DNS service must be running for the performance counters to be available.

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





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.

Additional query words: kbMgmtAdmin

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbsysadmin kbwin2000sp3fix KB304541

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