Disable performance counters

[derekmorton]

To disable the performance counters go here:-

https://ccm.net/faq/6230-windows-7-disable-the-performance-counter-feature

[cn bala]

Derek -- Is that only for Windows 7 not Windows 10 or can be used for both. I am not sure about this.

Thank you,

John

[R. Steele]

To disable the performance counters go here:-

https://ccm.net/faq/6230-windows-7-d...ounter-feature

That's an excellent find Derek, thanks. Cheers, Gerry

[derekmorton]

Hi John,

I don't know, we need someone to test it.

[crstagg]

Hi John,

I don't know, we need someone to test it.

Nothing broke when I ran it.

[jefffarq]

Just ran this on my W10 system.

It says "Both logical and physical disk performance counters on this system are automatically enabled on demand."

Sounds to me like it's telling me to buzz off...

[derekmorton]

They are off on my system ( win7 )

[derekmorton]

The message still appears in the log with the counter disabled.
I will keep looking for a solution.

[murfit]

To disable the performance counters go here:-

https://ccm.net/faq/6230-windows-7-d...ounter-feature

This has nothing to do with the message you get with OpenRails. This is only a feature built into Windows to tell you how the Hard Disk is performing....nothing more. The message in Open Rails is a different performance counter all together and is built into software to tell administrators how software is performing, usually used on large servers or by software developers. It can be disabled for any program by using a program developed by Microsoft called Exctrlst.. Do a google to find a download. Disabling the counters does NOT change the way a program functions in any way. The counters are there only for peoples information nothing else. You can also disable counters in the registry but for someone not in the know it is not a wise thing to do. Forget the counters they do nothing but waste your time Cheers Monty

[derekmorton]

Hi Monty,

Yes, you are correct, the error message refers to .net performance counters.

I have used exctrist.exe to disable ALL performance counters except for the .net counters.
There is a surprising side effect though, my system can start OR without timing out though.
Then I ran the m$ fix again, and the error message is no longer there.

[murfit]

Hello Derek. From time to time I have found some counters that don't want to play by the rules even with exctrist.exe. What sometimes fixes this is clearing the Windows event viewer administrative events log by running power shell in administrator mode with the following command
wevtutil el | Foreach-Object {wevtutil cl “$_”}
Use the control + c to copy and then control +v to paste this command into power shell. Don't do just a normal copy and paste. Cannot give a reason for why it works but just does so. Maybe some programs get results from the event viewer??? Another thing with disabling the counters is quite often it takes 2 reboots before the disable actually takes place. If you still get an error message and you are happy to have a play in the registry I can give you instructions how. Just send me a PM Glad to help. Cheers Monty