KB164146 - HTTP PerfMon Counters Not Available to Non-Admin Accounts

Article ID: 164146

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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This article was previously published under Q164146

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SYMPTOMS

When you want to use Performance Monitor under Microsoft Windows NT to monitor the HTTP server, the counters for the HTTP server do not show up in the list of available counters.

CAUSE

The HTTP performance monitor counters are not available to non- administrative level accounts.

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