Open Procedure call failed 2

[deisehun]

I have a Windows 2000 SP4 Server with PC Anywhere 9.2 on it.

I get the following error in the Event Log:

Event ID: 1008
The Open Procedure for service "pcAnywhere" in DLL "C:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\PcaPerfCtrs.dll" failed. Performance data for this service will not be available. Status code returned is data DWORD 0

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I googled the error and searched on eventid.net and found that you should edit the following Reg key:

HKLM/Software/MS/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Perflib - ExtCounterTestLevel 1 - I set this to zero and rebooted, but the errors are coming at a rate of hundreds per hour

Any know where I'm going wrong?

Thanks.

 

[itsp1965]

This problem seems to occur after disabling a particular service which generates counters (this one of the probs with Win2K -- trust me I had a lot of errors after hardening certain network related services). You can solve this problem by running the exctrlst tool from the Windows Server resource kit and un-check this particular counter. The problem should then disappear. Hope this helps.

 

[deisehun]

That worked perfect - cheers