"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-k***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Tomasz,
>
> I tried the same code on my machine in a windows service, the service
> works
> fine. Could you let me know under which account as the service running?
> Currently, I'm testing with Local System account. Also If you try to
> create
> a new windows service and put these code in OnStart method. Does the new
> service start successfully? (Please remove the log part to mitigate the
> affect of logging.)
>
> Const ThisServiceName As String = "My Service"
>
> Trace.WriteLine("Checking performance counters category.")
> If PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(ThisServiceName) Then
>    Trace.WriteLine("Deleting performance counters.")
>    PerformanceCounterCategory.Delete(ThisServiceName)
>    Trace.WriteLine("Performance counters deleted.")
> End If
>
> PerformanceCounterCategory.Create(ThisServiceName, "",
> PerformanceCounterCategoryType.MultiInstance, "test counter", "")
>
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"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-k***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Tomasz,
>
> I tried the same code in the Main() method, and it's working fine. Did you
> put the code after System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun)?
> If
> true, it might be the case that your code hangs. We should put it before
> the service itself starts. My code that is working fine looks like the
> follwing.
>
>    ' The main entry point for the process
>    <MTAThread()> _
>    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _
>    Shared Sub Main()
>        Dim ServicesToRun() As System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase
>
>        ' More than one NT Service may run within the same process. To add
>        ' another service to this process, change the following line to
>        ' create a second service object. For example,
>        '
>        '   ServicesToRun = New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase () {New
> Service1, New MySecondUserService}
>        '
>        Const ThisServiceName As String = "My Service"
>
>        Trace.WriteLine("Checking performance counters category.")
>        If PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(ThisServiceName) Then
>            Trace.WriteLine("Deleting performance counters.")
>            PerformanceCounterCategory.Delete(ThisServiceName)
>            Trace.WriteLine("Performance counters deleted.")
>        End If
>
>        PerformanceCounterCategory.Create(ThisServiceName, "",
> PerformanceCounterCategoryType.MultiInstance, "test counter", "")
>
>        ServicesToRun = New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase() {New
> Service1}
>        System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun)
>    End Sub
>
> Furthermore, it is not suggested to put your code in the main method. You
> can put it in the OnStart method. And start your service in another thread
> that does the main jobs.
>
> If anything is unclear, please feel free to let me know.
>
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"Tomasz Jastrzebski" <oegweb@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
>
> I experience a strange problem I do not how to approach.
> My windows service application uses several performance counter.
> Before when staring the service deletes category and attempts to recreate
> it.
>
> *If* the category previously existed and has been deleted prior to
> recreation an attempt to create a counter causes Service Manager timeout
> after 30 sec. So, category gets deleted, but it can not be recreated.
>
> I modified my service so it deletes category upon termination, but then it
> fails during the restart while checking if the category exists.
> It is completely weird.
>
> Now, the really strange part: the same code executed as a console
> application with *the same security credentials* executes momentarily.
>
> Sample code attached below. The code uses .Net 2.0 methods but the same
> issue can be seen in .Net 1.1.
>
> Did anyone experience a similar issue? Is there any known solution?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tomasz
>
>
> Const ThisServiceName As String = "My Service"
>
> Trace.WriteLine("Checking performance counters category.")
> If PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(ThisServiceName) Then
>    Trace.WriteLine("Deleting performance counters.")
>    PerformanceCounterCategory.Delete(ThisServiceName)
>    Trace.WriteLine("Performance counters deleted.")
> End If
>
> WriteToLog("Creating performance counters.")
> PerformanceCounterCategory.Create(ThisServiceName, "",
> PerformanceCounterCategoryType.MultiInstance, "test counter", "")
> WriteToLog("Performance counters created.")
>

"David Levine" <SnipHereDlevinenntp2AndH***@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I had trouble with similar code on some server OS's . It was not consistent
>in that different installations on different computers with the same OS
>would behave differently. I don't think I was able to delete the counters,
>let alone add new ones, but it's been years since it occurred and my memory
>is hazy on some details.
>
> The problem was that on some OS's the security settings on some registry
> keys prevented any app from modifying the registry key.  I had to modify
> the ACL attached to the registry key before I could add performance
> counters.
>
> The registry keys were at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009. The values Counter and Help get modified
> whenever a performance counter is added/removed from the system, and the
> application must have Write access to these keys.You should also check the
> values in the key immediately above this one, at
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib.
>
> I never did find a workaround, I had to modify the ACL attached to the
> registry key before I could write to it. I believe these settings were
> part of some security lockdown.
>
> "Tomasz Jastrzebski" <oegweb@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:ubC1n1V8GHA.2092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I experience a strange problem I do not how to approach.
>> My windows service application uses several performance counter.
>> Before when staring the service deletes category and attempts to recreate
>> it.
>>
>> *If* the category previously existed and has been deleted prior to
>> recreation an attempt to create a counter causes Service Manager timeout
>> after 30 sec. So, category gets deleted, but it can not be recreated.
>>
>> I modified my service so it deletes category upon termination, but then
>> it fails during the restart while checking if the category exists.
>> It is completely weird.
>>
>> Now, the really strange part: the same code executed as a console
>> application with *the same security credentials* executes momentarily.
>>
>> Sample code attached below. The code uses .Net 2.0 methods but the same
>> issue can be seen in .Net 1.1.
>>
>> Did anyone experience a similar issue? Is there any known solution?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Tomasz
>>
>>
>> Const ThisServiceName As String = "My Service"
>>
>> Trace.WriteLine("Checking performance counters category.")
>> If PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(ThisServiceName) Then
>>    Trace.WriteLine("Deleting performance counters.")
>>    PerformanceCounterCategory.Delete(ThisServiceName)
>>    Trace.WriteLine("Performance counters deleted.")
>> End If
>>
>> WriteToLog("Creating performance counters.")
>> PerformanceCounterCategory.Create(ThisServiceName, "",
>> PerformanceCounterCategoryType.MultiInstance, "test counter", "")
>> WriteToLog("Performance counters created.")
>>
>
>