Re: unable to perform "perfmon" on a remote Windows XP Pro

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 11:51:35 -0600

Verify that the remote registry service is running on that XP Pro computer
and check the user rights in Local Security Policy to make sure that they
match what is shown on a computer that you do not have a problem with as far
as the administrators group having user rights. --- Steve

"garytn9988" <garytn9988@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E39CB7A4-71CF-447C-99D4-AFA214278CE8@microsoft.com...
> Problem:
> When attemtping to perform a "perfmon" from any of my Windows based
> servers
> to one particular Windows XP Pro workstation, I get an "unable to connect"
> error immediatly on the server I am trying to execute the perfmon from.
> It's
> almost like it does not even attempt to make a connection to the remote
> Windows XP Pro workstation to pull the performance counter information.
>
>
> Knowns:
> 1. The id I am using with "perfmon" is an ID that is part of the domain
> administrators group.
> 2. The Domain administrator global group is defined in the remote Windows
> XP
> Pro's local administrators group.
> 3. I am able to connect with the same ID used with perfmon to make
> connections to the remote Windows XP Pro's drives and add and delete
> anything
> on the remotes drives.
> 4. I have verified diskperf was activated on the remote system.
> 5. I followed Microsofts KB300702, which did not help me so I removed the
> specific user ID (used with perfmon) from the documented areas and just
> left
> the local administrator group in the documented areas.
>
>
> Question:
> Can anyone help me with this issue?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary

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