Hardware Device Manager property pages

[John John - MVP]

Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance? Or do you just
want to get rid of the PerfDisk event warning?

One of your applications might be wanting to monitor disk performance
but by default in Windows 2000 the Disk Performance Counters are
disabled, the counters must be enabled at the Command Prompt with the
Diskperf command, after you run the command a reboot is required to
enable the counters.

If you just want to get rid of the warning disable the performance
counter responsible, this tool will help you find the counter:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=7FF99683-B7EC-4DA6-92AB-793193604BA4
Download details: Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tool : Extensible
Performance Counter List (exctrlst.exe)

John

 

[Tracey]

Where do I find the Hardware Device Manager property pages?
I rClick on the Device Manager and all I see is <View> and <Help>, but
no "properties" settings.

Please advise.
Thanks, Tracey

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: PerfDisk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2001
Date: 8/19/2009
Time: 11:15:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MINE
Description: Unable to read the disk performance information from the
system. Disk performance counters must be enabled for at least one
physical disk or logical volume in order for these counters to appear.
Disk performance counters can be enabled by using the Hardware Device
Manager property pages. Status code returned is data DWORD 0.
Data: 0000: 6f 10 00 00 o...

 

[BillW50]

In Tracey typed on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:46:33 -0500:

Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance?

This is a good question, but I don't know how I should answer that
yet.
This issue came up when I installed a disk-test-tool to check out some
inexpensive USB hubs that I bought to make sure they were working (and
to see if there was any noticeable degradation in speed).

The program totally swamped my Application Log with these messages.

Thanks, Tracey
BTW Would the [disk performance monitor] also help any with early
detection of disk failure (I've been bit by that before)?

hdsentinel is something that I like a lot for this purpose. Unregistered
version does most of what the paid version does, except logging if I
remember correctly.

 

[John John - MVP]

This is a good question, but I don't know how I should answer that yet.

This issue came up when I installed a disk-test-tool to check out some
inexpensive USB hubs that I bought to make sure they were working (and
to see if there was any noticeable degradation in speed).

The utility wants to run perfdisk counters but, as I said earlier, by
default disk counters are disabled on Windows 2000. You can enable the
counters, at a Command Prompt issue the following Command then reboot
the computer:

diskperf -y


To disable the counters:

diskperf -n


John

The program totally swamped my Application Log with these messages.

Thanks, Tracey
BTW Would the [disk performance monitor] also help any with early
detection of disk failure (I've been bit by that before)?

Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance? Or do you just
want to get rid of the PerfDisk event warning?

One of your applications might be wanting to monitor disk performance
but by default in Windows 2000 the Disk Performance Counters are
disabled, the counters must be enabled at the Command Prompt with the
Diskperf command, after you run the command a reboot is required to
enable the counters.

If you just want to get rid of the warning disable the performance
counter responsible, this tool will help you find the counter:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=7FF99683-B7EC-4DA6-92AB-793193604BA4

Download details: Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tool : Extensible
Performance Counter List (exctrlst.exe)

John

 

[Tracey]

Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance?
This is a good question, but I don't know how I should answer that yet.

This issue came up when I installed a disk-test-tool to check out some
inexpensive USB hubs that I bought to make sure they were working (and
to see if there was any noticeable degradation in speed).

The program totally swamped my Application Log with these messages.

Thanks, Tracey
BTW Would the [disk performance monitor] also help any with early
detection of disk failure (I've been bit by that before)?

 

[Tracey]

I ran C:\>diskperf -y and rebooted.
My Application log is {still} being swamped with the same warnings.
Am I missing something?

Thank, Tracey
Just in case I was hallucinating I re-ran C:\>diskperf -y with the
following result: Both Logical and Physical Disk Performance counters on
this system are currently set to start at boot. No changes are made.

"No changes made" seems to me that I ran diskperf right the first time
and that the system acknowledges that.

This is a good question, but I don't know how I should answer that yet.

This issue came up when I installed a disk-test-tool to check out some
inexpensive USB hubs that I bought to make sure they were working (and
to see if there was any noticeable degradation in speed).

The utility wants to run perfdisk counters but, as I said earlier, by
default disk counters are disabled on Windows 2000. You can enable the
counters, at a Command Prompt issue the following Command then reboot
the computer:

diskperf -y


To disable the counters:

diskperf -n


John

The program totally swamped my Application Log with these messages.

Thanks, Tracey
BTW Would the [disk performance monitor] also help any with early
detection of disk failure (I've been bit by that before)?

Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance? Or do you just
want to get rid of the PerfDisk event warning?

One of your applications might be wanting to monitor disk performance
but by default in Windows 2000 the Disk Performance Counters are
disabled, the counters must be enabled at the Command Prompt with the
Diskperf command, after you run the command a reboot is required to
enable the counters.

If you just want to get rid of the warning disable the performance
counter responsible, this tool will help you find the counter:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=7FF99683-B7EC-4DA6-92AB-793193604BA4

Download details: Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tool : Extensible
Performance Counter List (exctrlst.exe)

John


Tracey wrote:
Where do I find the Hardware Device Manager property pages?
I rClick on the Device Manager and all I see is <View> and <Help>,
but no "properties" settings.

Please advise.
Thanks, Tracey

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: PerfDisk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2001
Date: 8/19/2009
Time: 11:15:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MINE
Description: Unable to read the disk performance information from
the system. Disk performance counters must be enabled for at least
one physical disk or logical volume in order for these counters to
appear. Disk performance counters can be enabled by using the
Hardware Device Manager property pages. Status code returned is data
DWORD 0.
Data: 0000: 6f 10 00 00 o...

 

[John John - MVP]

Well, disable the disk counters again (diskperf -n) and then if the
warnings persist use Exctrlst.exe to find and disable the
"disk-test-tool" counters... or uninstall the application altogether.

John

I ran C:\>diskperf -y and rebooted.
My Application log is {still} being swamped with the same warnings.
Am I missing something?

Thank, Tracey
Just in case I was hallucinating I re-ran C:\>diskperf -y with the
following result: Both Logical and Physical Disk Performance counters on
this system are currently set to start at boot. No changes are made.

"No changes made" seems to me that I ran diskperf right the first time
and that the system acknowledges that.

Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance?
This is a good question, but I don't know how I should answer that yet.

This issue came up when I installed a disk-test-tool to check out
some inexpensive USB hubs that I bought to make sure they were
working (and to see if there was any noticeable degradation in speed).

The utility wants to run perfdisk counters but, as I said earlier, by
default disk counters are disabled on Windows 2000. You can enable
the counters, at a Command Prompt issue the following Command then
reboot the computer:

diskperf -y


To disable the counters:

diskperf -n


John

The program totally swamped my Application Log with these messages.

Thanks, Tracey
BTW Would the [disk performance monitor] also help any with early
detection of disk failure (I've been bit by that before)?


John John - MVP wrote:
Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance? Or do you
just want to get rid of the PerfDisk event warning?

One of your applications might be wanting to monitor disk
performance but by default in Windows 2000 the Disk Performance
Counters are disabled, the counters must be enabled at the Command
Prompt with the Diskperf command, after you run the command a reboot
is required to enable the counters.

If you just want to get rid of the warning disable the performance
counter responsible, this tool will help you find the counter:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=7FF99683-B7EC-4DA6-92AB-793193604BA4

Download details: Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tool : Extensible
Performance Counter List (exctrlst.exe)

John


Tracey wrote:
Where do I find the Hardware Device Manager property pages?
I rClick on the Device Manager and all I see is <View> and <Help>,
but no "properties" settings.

Please advise.
Thanks, Tracey

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: PerfDisk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2001
Date: 8/19/2009
Time: 11:15:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MINE
Description: Unable to read the disk performance information from
the system. Disk performance counters must be enabled for at least
one physical disk or logical volume in order for these counters to
appear. Disk performance counters can be enabled by using the
Hardware Device Manager property pages. Status code returned is
data DWORD 0.
Data: 0000: 6f 10 00 00 o...

 

[Tracey]

I did all of the above (so much for checking disk performance).
Thanks, Tracey

Well, disable the disk counters again (diskperf -n) and then if the
warnings persist use Exctrlst.exe to find and disable the
"disk-test-tool" counters... or uninstall the application altogether.

John

I ran C:\>diskperf -y and rebooted.
My Application log is {still} being swamped with the same warnings.
Am I missing something?

Thank, Tracey
Just in case I was hallucinating I re-ran C:\>diskperf -y with the
following result: Both Logical and Physical Disk Performance counters
on this system are currently set to start at boot. No changes are made.

"No changes made" seems to me that I ran diskperf right the first time
and that the system acknowledges that.

Tracey wrote:
Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance?
This is a good question, but I don't know how I should answer that yet.

This issue came up when I installed a disk-test-tool to check out
some inexpensive USB hubs that I bought to make sure they were
working (and to see if there was any noticeable degradation in speed).

The utility wants to run perfdisk counters but, as I said earlier, by
default disk counters are disabled on Windows 2000. You can enable
the counters, at a Command Prompt issue the following Command then
reboot the computer:

diskperf -y


To disable the counters:

diskperf -n


John


The program totally swamped my Application Log with these messages.

Thanks, Tracey
BTW Would the [disk performance monitor] also help any with early
detection of disk failure (I've been bit by that before)?


John John - MVP wrote:
Are you actually wanting to monitor disk performance? Or do you
just want to get rid of the PerfDisk event warning?

One of your applications might be wanting to monitor disk
performance but by default in Windows 2000 the Disk Performance
Counters are disabled, the counters must be enabled at the Command
Prompt with the Diskperf command, after you run the command a
reboot is required to enable the counters.

If you just want to get rid of the warning disable the performance
counter responsible, this tool will help you find the counter:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=7FF99683-B7EC-4DA6-92AB-793193604BA4

Download details: Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tool : Extensible
Performance Counter List (exctrlst.exe)

John


Tracey wrote:
Where do I find the Hardware Device Manager property pages?
I rClick on the Device Manager and all I see is <View> and
<Help>, but no "properties" settings.

Please advise.
Thanks, Tracey

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: PerfDisk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2001
Date: 8/19/2009
Time: 11:15:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MINE
Description: Unable to read the disk performance information from
the system. Disk performance counters must be enabled for at
least one physical disk or logical volume in order for these
counters to appear. Disk performance counters can be enabled by
using the Hardware Device Manager property pages. Status code
returned is data DWORD 0.
Data: 0000: 6f 10 00 00 o...