FIX: Perfmon Errors Logged in Event Log when SQL Server Not Running (247974)

SYMPTOMS

If SQL Server is installed on a computer, adding a performance counter in the Performance Monitor while SQL Server is not running generates the following events in the Event Log:

Event ID: 1008
Source: Perflib
Description:
The Open Procedure for service "MSSQLServer" in DLL "SQLCTR70.DLL" failed. Performance data for this service will not be available. Status code returned is DWORD 0.

Event ID: 1001
Source: SQLCTR70
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1001 ) in Source ( SQLCTR70 ) could not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): SQL Performance DLL Open function failed.

Event ID: 1001
Source: SQLCTR70
Description:
The description for Event ID ( SQLCTR70 ) could not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): Unable to open shared memory segment.

NOTE: The counter that you add does not need to be a SQL Server counter. The default Processor\% Processor Time counter logs the events.

The events can safely be ignored.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

254561 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0

For more information, contact your primary support provider.