Re: PdhCollectQueryData won't collect data on WXP after SP2

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From: Pavel Lebedinsky (m_pll)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:18:26 -0800

Does it work if the scheduled task is using an account that
is a local administrstor?

Can you get valid data if you use typeperf or logman?

"Randy Scarborough" wrote:

>I am running Windows XP Home and have a server application that is started
> by Scheduled Tasks when the system starts up (not when a user logs on).
> This app uses PdhCollectQueryData to monitor the RAS networks througput.
>
> On XP with SP1 this ran fine, collecting data and logging it. On XP with
> SP2 the data collected always has the value zero.
>
> If I log on to the userid that created the Scheduled Task that starts the
> application, and then run the server app, the data is collected normally.
> But it is not collected when the app is started by Scheduled Tasks at
> system
> logon.
>
> Any idea what has changed, or how I can get this data?

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