Windows Freezes

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From: Simon (Simon_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:35:02 -0800

I have XP Home Edition (SP2) and am getting random freezes, Although not
always, most of them occur once the desktop has been populated with the
program icons. I have checked the error log and a pattern seems to be the
following 2 Loadperf messages:

- The performance strings in the Performance registry value is corrupted
when process Performance extension counter provider. BaseIndex value from
Performance registry is the first DWORD in Data section, LastCounter value is
the second DWORD in Data section, and LastHelp value is the third DWORD in
Data section.

- LoadPerf Unloading the performance counter strings for service WmiApRpl
(WmiApRpl) failed. The Error code is the first DWORD in Data section.

Can anyone suggest what these indicate as alikely cause please?

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