Getting a PerformanceCounter to use a remote machine

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Getting a PerformanceCounter to use a remote machine

I have been trying to get a System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter (.NET 2.) to work on a remote machine.  I have rights to Performance Monitor Users group and
Performance Log Users group on the remote server and Admin on the local machine. I can't get the code to work (see exception below). If I elevate my rights to Admin, it works flawlessly.  I need to find the minimum security rights I need to get the app to run. How can I go about determining what I need to grant.  (p.s., granting read/write to the registry didn't work)

Thanks,

-Kevin




Unhandled Exception: System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed.
   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowSecurityException(ExceptionResource resource)
   at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.OpenSubKey(String name, Boolean writable)
   at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.OpenSubKey(String name)
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.FindCustomCategory(String category, PerformanceCounterCategoryType& categoryType)
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.GetCategoryType(String machine, String category)
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.Initialize()
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName, String counterName, String instanceName, String machineName)
   at MyProjectNS.MyProject..ctor(String ProcessName, Int32 ScanFrequency, Boolean bDisplay, String MachineName, String username, String password, Int32 port) in F:\MyProject.cs:line 322
   at MyProject.Main(String[] args) in F:\MyProject.cs:line 464
The Zone of the assembly that failed was:
MyComputer

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Getting a PerformanceCounter to use a remote machine

  • Reznick

    This did not resolve the issue

  • CleffedUp

    Does being member of Power Debuggers group on the remote machine help

  • just Do It

    Yes, thank you! That solved my problem but I have to say the solution is pretty obscure.



  • Mellis27

    Was there any resolution to this I can't find any information about this error outside of this thread and it is a year old. Surely there is a solution but I can't find it.

    Please respond.

    Thanks.

  • xetaksis

    There has been a post on the BCL Team's blog

    http://blogs.msdn.com/bclteam/archive/2006/09/08/746900.aspx which addresses this issue.

    Does this solve your problem



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