Armando Ricalde wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this has to do with the OS.
> With one host (WinXP64) rushtop can't show data, it says:
>
> PdhMakeCounterPath('\(0/(NULL))\'): A required argument is missing or incorrect
>
> any suggestion?
Hmm, that's an odd one.
I imagine you can run jobs normally on the box, and that
this error is *only* affecting rushtop's display of cpu info.
The Microsoft DLL that handles the "Pdh" calls that Rush uses
is Pdh.dll usually found in c:\windows\system32. If there's
problems with this file, it can create such errors in Rush.
If you have some similar WINXP64 configured machines,
check the size of this file to see if it's different
from the others. It might be, due to a missing MS OS
update or corruption.
Is there anything unusual about this machine compared
to the other winxp64 machines on your network? ie. an
odd hardware configuration for cpus (hyperthreading,
or an unusual multiprocessor configuration). I'm guessing
you probably have similar WinXP64 boxes that don't have
this problem.
Microsoft's PDH library can be a pain; about once a year
someone comes up with a box that shows similar PDH errors.
Usually an update of the Pdh.DLL or an OS reinstall fixes it.
But once in a while it's a bug in the Rush code's handling
of PDH's errors, so I'd like to work offline with you
or your admin to run some test programs on this box to
determine if that's the case. I'll contact you off list
on this, and follow up here with results.
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Greg Ercolano, erco@(email surpressed)
Seriss Corporation
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