We are receiving the following error on XP Embedded only
when calling the C#
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName method:

D:\_WTA>calc_test_process.exe
System.InvalidOperationException: Process performance
counter is disabled, so th
e requested operation cannot be performed.
  at System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetProcessInfos
(PerformanceCounterLib
library)
  at System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetProcessInfos
(String machineName, Bo
olean isRemoteMachine)
  at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.GetProcessInfos
(String machineName)
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(String
processName, String m
achineName)
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(String
processName)
  at Calc_Test_Process.Class1.Main(String[] args)

This is using a small test program recommended by a
previous post:

try
            {
                Process [] localByName =
Process.GetProcessesByName("calc");
                Console.WriteLine
(localByName.Length);
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine
(ex.ToString());
            }

The code works fine on Windows 2000 / NT Manager
Workstation. Running Performance Monitor shows the
counters ok, and searching the registry for: "Disable
Performance Counters" set to 1 yields no results.

Any idea?

Thanks,
Burkhard
SQA Tester