Counter

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\<Language-code>

Data type Range Default value
REG_MULTI_SZ Counter names and indices There is no default value for this entry.

Description

Stores the name and index and each performance counter installed in Windows 2000. The data stored in this value comes from the .ini files for the counter.

Activation method

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

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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.

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Do not change the value of this entry. This value is maintained by the Performance Library. If you change it, the performance tools on your system will not operate properly.