After installing Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 on a Windows 2000 Server, I got a flood of Event ID 1008 in the Application system log. These log entries complain about performance counters not being able to be properly initialized.

Workaround

First, try running these two commands sequentially from an NT console:

winmgmt /clearadap
winmgmt /resyncperf

Because it didn't work for me, I worked around the issue by disabling the performance counter for the particular ASP.NET services. For this, you need to download an application of the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for administrative tasks, called Extensible Performance Counter List (exctrlst.exe).

After downloading (and installing) the tool, start it:

Look for the entries marked in red. It's possible that you're missing a version (e.g. if you haven't installed .NET Framework 1.1, you may not have the entry marked ASP.NET_1.1.4322).
For each of these entries, uncheck the box next to Performance Counters Enabled. When done, simply close the application. And finally, restart the system.

Links

• Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for administrative tasks.
• Extensible Performance Counter List (exctrlst.exe).