Subj : Error, event viewer appli
To   : David R. Norton
From : Malcolm Miles
Date : Tue Jan 09 2001 03:31 pm

On Jan 08, 2001 David R. Norton wrote to All:

DRN> Event Type:     Error
DRN> Event Source:   perfctrs
DRN> Event Category: None
DRN> Event ID:       3101
DRN> Date:           1/8/2001
DRN> Time:           7:17:25 AM
DRN> User:           N/A
DRN> Computer:       DNORTON
DRN> Description:
DRN> Unable to read IO control information from NBT device. 

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Event Message 3101: Unable to Read IO Control Information from NBT Device

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

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SYMPTOMS
Windows 2000 may record the following event message in the
Application log after every reboot:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: perfctrs
Event Category: None
Event ID: 3101
Date: boot_date
Time: boot_time
User: N/A
Computer: SYSTEM
Description: Unable to read IO control information from NBT device.



CAUSE
The Windows 2000 TCP/IP performance counters (Perfctrs.dll) are attempting to 
extract I/O control information from a network device, but no network device 
(network adapter, modem, and so on) is present in the system.



RESOLUTION
To eliminate the event message you can safely disable the TCP/IP performance 
counter by following these steps:

Run the Exctrlst.exe utility from the Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit.


Locate and then click the following extensible performance counter entry in the 
list:


TCPIP Perfctrs.dll
Click to clear the Performance counters enabled check box for that counter 
only.


Quit the utility, and then reboot the system.


After you restart the computer, the event entry should not appear. This has no 
effect on system performance or usability, even if networking is enabled in the 
future.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed 
at the beginning of this article.

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Best wishes,
Malcolm

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