I have a PC running WinXP SP3 and it appears the file "perfctrs.dll" has been
corrupted somehow as I cannot successfully back up the system state.

Any help on repairing/replacing this file would be greatly appreciated.

How to manually rebuild Performance Counter Library values
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300956

John

Kevin wrote:

> I have a PC running WinXP SP3 and it appears the file "perfctrs.dll" has been
> corrupted somehow as I cannot successfully back up the system state.
>
> Any help on repairing/replacing this file would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your reply. However, I'm not sure the article you linked applies
to WinXP or the condition it describes would cause a system state backup to
fail. The article states:

APPLIES TO
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> How to manually rebuild Performance Counter Library values
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300956
>
> John
>
> Kevin wrote:
>
> > I have a PC running WinXP SP3 and it appears the file "perfctrs.dll" has been
> > corrupted somehow as I cannot successfully back up the system state.
> >
> > Any help on repairing/replacing this file would be greatly appreciated.
>

What are the error messages in the Event Log? Perhaps the counter is
only disabled?

Exctrlst Overview
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true

John

Kevin wrote:

> Thanks for your reply. However, I'm not sure the article you linked applies
> to WinXP or the condition it describes would cause a system state backup to
> fail. The article states:
>
> APPLIES TO
> • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
> • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
> • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
> • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
> • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
>
> "John John (MVP)" wrote:
>
>
>>How to manually rebuild Performance Counter Library values
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300956
>>
>>John
>>
>>Kevin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a PC running WinXP SP3 and it appears the file "perfctrs.dll" has been
>>>corrupted somehow as I cannot successfully back up the system state.
>>>
>>>Any help on repairing/replacing this file would be greatly appreciated.
>>