CPU Status Unknown for Windows XP

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 11:46 pm

I am using Host Monitor and trying to get a CPU Usage reply from a windows XP machine. I only get UNKNOWN as a reply. This is a fresh install with SP1 and I have shared only the drives. I also have a fresh install of Win2k with SP3 and CPU usage monitoring works fine right out of the box. But Every Windows XP machine I have will not reply. I have Remote registry enabled and have tried logging in using the admistrator. Nothing seems to work can someone please help?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 1:18 am

H'm, by default administrator should have access to performance counters. Could you check which users or groups can gain access to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows_NTCurrentVersionPerflib (you can use the registry editor utility Regedt32.exe on remote XP system)? In order for to query performance data, account must have KEY_READ access to the above registry key.

BTW: do you start HostMonitor as regular application or as Win32 servce? Do you use domain or local administrator account? Do you use "Connect as" option of the CPU test?

Regards
Alex