If you try to install a .NET update, MS07-040 for example, you may see an event log like:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: LoadPerf
Event Category: None
Event ID: 3009
· Installing the performance counter strings for .NETFramework failed.
The Error code is DWORD 0 of the Record Data.
· Installing the performance counter strings for .NET CLR Data failed.
The Error code is DWORD 0 of the Record Data.
· Installing the performance counter strings for .NET CLR Networking failed.
The Error code is DWORD 0 of the Record Data.
· Installing the performance counter strings for .NET Data Provider for SqlServer failed.
The Error code is DWORD 0 of the Record Data.
· Installing the performance counter strings for .NET Data Provider for Oracle failed.
The Error code is DWORD 0 of the Record Data.
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