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How does NTSMF handle the Disable Performance Counters flag that is used in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003?

April 26, 2017Counters disable FLAG NTSMF PERFORMANCE Used Windows XP

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How does NTSMF handle the Disable Performance Counters flag that is used in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003?

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The Disable Performance Counters flag is used in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 to block calls to the Performance Library DLL via the standard Registry, Performance Data Helper, and WMI interfaces to gathering performance data. The NTSMF Collection service honors the Disable Performance Counters flag in versions prior to 2.4.5. The Disable Performance Counters flag stops NTSMF from attempting to call the disabled Performance Library DLL in versions prior to 2.4.5. If the the Disable Performance Counters flag is set in the Registry Performance key for the Performance Library DLL responsible for serving up the Object/Counter you are missing, NTSMF versions prior to 2.4.5 will honor this flag and not attempt to collect any data from the disabled Performance Library DLL. NTSMF version 2.4.5 and higher does not honor the Disable Performance Countersflag. Instead of Disable Performance Counters, NTSMF version 2.4.6 and higher utilize a comparable facility that allows you to specifically ex