TotalInstanceName

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib

Data type	Range	Default value
REG_SZ	String	_Total

Description

Specifies an alternate name for the _Total instance in performance tools, such as System Monitor.

The _Total instance represents the sum of values for all other instances of a performance object. For example, the _Total instance of Logical Disk: % Disk Time represents the sum of active time for all logical partitions on the computer. You can use this entry to change the name of the _Total instance as it appears in your performance tools.

Activation method

To make changes to this entry effective, restart the Remote Registry Service or restart Windows 2000.

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Windows 2000 does not add this entry to the registry. You can add it by editing the registry or by using a program that edits the registry.

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If particular performance counters do not appear in your performance monitoring tool, check the Application Log in Event Viewer for events recorded by Perflib. When Perflib detects disabling errors in a counter DLL, it records an event in the log and sets the value of DisablePerformanceCounters to 1 to disable the counters.