Using Performance Monitor Remotely Causes Access Violation

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This article was previously published under Q189011

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SYMPTOMS

When monitoring a remote system and querying the costly counters, specifically the Long Image Name counter, the remote system will stop responding with an access violation in Winlogon. On a local monitoring application, querying this counter object will cause the application to stop responding.

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RESOLUTION

To 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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152734/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. 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.

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