The "Performance Logs and Alerts" topic of the Performance Monitor utility Help file in Windows Server 2003 contains incorrect information about how to create a counter log or an alert (918953)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Enterprise Edition

SYMPTOMS

In the "Performance Logs and Alerts" topic of the Performance Monitor utility (Perfmon.exe) Help file in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the descriptions about how to create a counter log or an alert are incorrect. The topic states these descriptions as the following:

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group, or the Performance Log Users group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

If you do not have the user rights to log on locally, the following event may be logged in the application event log after you create a counter log or an alert:
Event Type:	Warning
Event Source:	SysmonLog
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	2059
Date:		<date>
Time:		<time>
User:		N/A
Computer:	<computername>
Description:
Invalid user name or password for the <logname> log session. This session will not be started.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://support.microsoft.com.
Data:
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Note You can find the "Create a counter log" topic and the "Create an alert" topic in the "Performance Logs and Alerts" section in Help Topics.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because you must meet one of the following conditions to create and use a counter log or an alert:
  • You must be a member of the Administrators group.
  • You must be a member of the Performance Log Users group and you must have user rights to log on locally.
Note Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer or domain.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to create a user or add a user to a group in Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

324753 How to create an Active Directory server in Windows Server 2003

For more information about how to create and configure performance alerts in Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

248345 How to create a log using System Monitor in Windows

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/22/2006
Keywords:kbprb kbpubtypekc KB918953 kbAudITPRO kbAudGeneralUser
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