Enabling Non-Admin Users to Remotely Monitor with PERFMON

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

When trying to run Perfomance Monitor (Perfmon.exe) as a regular user, you receive a "Computer name not found" error message. When you log on as the Administrator or to another account with administrative privileges, you can monitor with no problems using Perfmon.exe.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Log on to a computer running Windows NT as a non-administrator user.

  2. Start Perfmon.exe.

  3. Click Edit on menu.

  4. Click Add to Chart...

  5. Type \\Computer name (Windows NT 4.0 server).

      Computer name not found

MORE INFORMATION

To enable a non-administrator user to remotely monitor a computer running Windows NT 4.0 with Performance Monitor, follow the steps below to modify the target computer.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.

1. Using Explorer or File Manager, give the user at least READ access to

        %windir%\system32\PERFCxxx.DAT
        %windir%\system32\PERFHxxx.DAT
   

   where xxx is the basic language ID for the system, for example, 009 for English. These files may be missing or corrupt. If you suspect this; expand these files off of the installation cd.

2. Using REGEDT32, give the user at least READ access to

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
        NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib
   

   and all sub keys of that key.

3. Using REGEDT32, give the user at least READ access to

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\
        winreg