PERF plugin - performance counters not working under Vista ?

[Nevertheless]

Hi all,

after I successfully got LCD Smartie running under Vista RC1, I'm facing the problem that the PERF plugin always returns "bad counter".

Because I'm using the same config file for LCD Smartie as under WinXP (it's a dual-boot machine) and the names of the performance counters are exactly the same as the ones I'm using (tested with PERFMON under Vista), the error must have another reason...

Anyone who has an idea?

Thanks in advance!

[fozi]

The plugin has the same problem with Windows 2003 server SP1. I'm no developer but it has something to do with the request for the perf counter not be formed correctly. I have looked at the source and MSDN and I can't tell what has changed since XP SP2 and pre server SP1, but there was some change in PDL.DLL that has caused the perf plugin to break. Hopefully someone much smarter than me will fix it soon.

[caesar]

Good news!

Had to install today a lcd on a win2k3 machine and of course got the perf plugin problem.

Searched the net for pdh.dll and found it for download somewhere (found version 5.1.2600.2180 probably from a win xp install), then copied it to system32 folder after backing up the original file and set the performance monitor service in services.msc to manual (as it would complain every startup that it generated errors).

Now perf plugin works in windows 2003 sp1 so why not in Vista too!

PS: i don't think that it is possible to attach the file here due to copyright problems but you'll surely find it somewhere.

Caesar

[fozi]

It's usually not a good idea to replace system level DLL's with old versions and highly unlikely that a system DLL from XP or Srv 2003 will function correctly in Vista or Longhorn.

See post http://forums.lcdsmartie.org/viewtopic.php?t=94. for a soon to be releaced permanent fix to this problem.

-fozi

[alpha]

There is a new version of perf.dll out that supports Vista, check in the plugin-announcements forum.