RE: Running AOL - PC hangs - Event ID 3001



Contact AOL tech support, either on-line or by their phone number.
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"Kelly B" wrote:

> Please help!
>
> When I connect to the internet via aol it seems fine for a few minutes but
> if you try to load a web page the whole system hangs. I can't even open Task
> Manager or restart, the whole system just stops. I then have to wait for
> ages for everything to work again and then restart the PC.
>
> I think aol might be the cause because if I log on and don't use the
> internet then everything is fine.
>
> I've looked in the event viewer and have seen a lot of recurring errors,
> this is the main one but I'm not sure if it's connected to the aol problem:
>
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: LoadPerf
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 3001
> Date: 21/04/2005
> Time: 19:09:35
> User: N/A
> Computer: NOME-942XK1VJFS
> Description:
> The performance counter name string value in the registry is incorrectly
> formatted. The bogus string is 潴敲摉ㄽ〰㄰Ā, the bogus index value is the first
> DWORD in Data section while the last valid index values are the second and
> third DWORD in Data section.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 00 00 00 00 82 09 00 00 ....‚...
> 0008: 83 09 00 00 c4 0a 00 00 ƒ...Ä...
>
> I've tried searching for help but I'm not sure what I'm doing so I don't
> want to risk ruining everything!
>
> Once everything has restarted and task manager appears everything is fine
> again until the next time someone logs on. It is a family computer with
> Windows XP Home edition and has all the updates on it available from
> Microsoft.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated!
>
>
.



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