KB148846 - RAS Port Instance Names in Performance Monitor Are Corrupted

Article ID: 148846

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 2

This article was previously published under Q148846

SYMPTOMS

Normally, the Remote Access Service (RAS) Port Instance names are displayed as COM1 and COM2. However, in Windows NT 3.51, Performance Monitor displays the RAS Port Instance names as "C" (without quotation marks).

CAUSE

This problem occurs due to a change in Windows NT Service Pack 2 for ANSI formatted performance counters. This change causes a problem in the RAS counter DLL. For more information on a related problem that affects Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SNA Server, please see the following article here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 133757
TITLE : Performance Monitor SQLServer-Log Object Corrupted

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, apply the fix mentioned below.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt 3.51 perfmon counters instance names

Keywords: KB148846