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Removing SNMP leaves SNMP Counters in Performance Monitor

Article ID: 128746

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q128746

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) under Windows NT 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0, the following objects are added to Performance Monitor:

   ICMP
   IP
   Network Interface
   TCP
   UDP

When you remove SNMP, the objects added to Performance Monitor during installation are not removed, and continue to be available.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design. The objects are not removed in order to preserve the integrity of the performance monitor counters.

Additional query words: counter prodnt perfmon.exe

Keywords: kbnetwork KB128746