Errors in event viewer every startup

[cubby1223]

My system is rock solid stable, but I'd still like to find out what's going on. Here are the 3 events I get every startup:

LoadPerf Error 3011
Unloading the performance counter strings for service WmiApRpl (WmiApRpl) failed. The Error code is the first DWORD in Data section.

LoadPerf Error 3012
The performance strings in the Performance registry value is corrupted when process Performance extension counter provider. BaseIndex value from Performance registry is the first DWORD in Data section, LastCounter value is the second DWORD in Data section, and LastHelp value is the third DWORD in Data section.

LoadPerf Information 1000
Performance counters for the WmiApRpl (WmiApRpl) service were loaded successfully. The Record Data contains the new index values assigned to this service.



Google searches only return me a possible fix for Windows 2003, but I've got XP and the command does not work. Anyone seen something like this before?

 

[Billb2]

In Event Viewer right click the error. Click the link that appears in the box that pops up. Answer yes in the next box.
That will get you a plain text, easy to understand description of the error from microsoft.

Other than that, it's Google.

 

[cubby1223]

It's the same solution I've gotten from searching google, type in this command from the command prompt:

lodctr /r

But the version on my computer does not support the "/r" parameter, supposedly it is something that was added in the Windows 2003 version, from what I've gathered.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

If it isnt causing issues, why worry about it?

 

[cubby1223]

I'm not losing any sleep over it. But how do I know it's not causing issues? Just because it hasn't caused an issue yet (that I'm aware of), doesn't prove this will never cause an issue later. So just tossing it out, in case anyone else has worked with something along these lines.

 

[RebateMonger]

EventID.net discussion of Event 3011

EventID 3012

The file: perfstringbackup.ini IS available "at c:\windows\system32\perfstringbackup.ini". Is that what you used with the /r option?