Failure Accessing Performance Monitor Counters from ActiveX Component (196300)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q196300 We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site: SYMPTOMS
When you access Performance Monitor counters from the HTTP service or FTP
service from an ActiveX component, the application may stop responding or
there is no data filled out in the Performance Monitor data blocks (the
data after the Performance Monitor header is all zeros).
CAUSE
The FTP service and HTTP service performance object extension fails to
serve Performance Monitor counter data when an OLE Automation Server (out
of process) calls RegQueryValueEx(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA).
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information
Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 6/23/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix KB196300 |
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