Dixel Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 8 hours ago, FranceBB said: Excellent program, I disabled the performance counters on everything. Thank you guys! You're welcome! Did you check the result manually? Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger] "Status"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\Audio] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\Circular Kernel Context Logger] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\DiagLog] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\EventLog-Application] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\EventLog-Microsoft-Windows-Backup] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\EventLog-Security] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\EventLog-System] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\NBSMBLOGGER] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\NtfsLog] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\PEAuthLog] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\RAC_PS] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\RdrLog] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\SQMLogger] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\TCPIPLOGGER] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\WdiContextLog] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\WFP-IPsec Trace] "Start"=dword:00000000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 5/23/2024 at 4:06 AM, jaclaz said: Exctrlst: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-performance-team/two-minute-drill-disabled-performance-counters-and-exctrlst-exe/ba-p/374538 https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Extensible-Counter-List.shtml jaclaz jaclaz, unfortunately the programme doesn't disable SCM logger, ideas? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Oh, and just noticed EtwRTNT Kernel Logger.etl is pretty much intact and the log file has grown to approx. 10mb, all after I ran the programme on a new OS installation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiranda Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 (edited) There are a number of ways in which those counters are entwined with the work of core apps of an all including OS (office suite, internet explorer and media player, games, you name it). Also on checking registry tweaks, booting arrangements, overclocking and such. So I concur with @jaclaz in not closing them all. I will instead go counter by counter and see what affects the behavior of a still effective OS, for desktop, (but increasingly no for internet, expert office suite, and python reliant applications). The surplus fun some of us get just for the heck of it. Hell! I own it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfoIyx8KfU Edited May 27 by dmiranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 3 hours ago, dmiranda said: There are a number of ways in which those counters are entwined with the work of core apps of an all including OS (office suite, internet explorer and media player, games, you name it). Also on checking registry tweaks, booting arrangements, overclocking and such. I wrote I tried the programme on a clean, new OS install. There's nothing on it, simply nothing, except the OS components themselves. 5 hours ago, Dixel said: I ran the programme on a new OS installation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranceBB Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 Well I got rid of them all (including the OS ones) and my XP is still going strong, so I don't really think there's any adverse effect in getting rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiranda Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) Yeah, if I were to start afresh (I won't), these counters do nothing (I can see) on performance. Maybe the opposite. I would then disable and would re-enable some required for my apps, including office for find and replace, excel is some complex formulas, etc, as I find issues. But I'm on non-vanilla XP, and closing some of those counters generates issues. Edited May 31 by dmiranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 On 5/23/2024 at 10:06 AM, jaclaz said: Exctrlst: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-performance-team/two-minute-drill-disabled-performance-counters-and-exctrlst-exe/ba-p/374538 https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Extensible-Counter-List.shtml jaclaz Good programme, but I'm still getting these logs, they accumulate to 8-9mb in about 4 hours after reboot, soon after reboot they're about 256kb. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted yesterday at 03:21 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:21 AM No way to get rid of it, I see. A Fight With ETW and NT Kernel Logger https://famellee.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/a-fight-with-etw-and-nt-kernel-logger/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago On 5/27/2024 at 3:50 AM, FranceBB said: Well I got rid of them all (including the OS ones) and my XP is still going strong, so I don't really think there's any adverse effect in getting rid of them. Please run cmd as admin, then enter the command logman query -ets It must show zero loggers. If it shows some are still running, the programme doesn't work as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago On 6/14/2024 at 10:21 PM, Saxon said: No way to get rid of it, I see. A Fight With ETW and NT Kernel Logger https://famellee.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/a-fight-with-etw-and-nt-kernel-logger/ This will help you. https://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/win32/services/scm/events/wpp.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranceBB Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago Thank you Dixel! There's unfortunately one entry despite having unticked everything with the program posted before: I went on to check the registry at the path you highlighted, namely HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger but under WMI there's only Security, there's no "Autologger". Weird. O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 5 hours ago, FranceBB said: Thank you Dixel! There's unfortunately one entry despite having unticked everything with the program posted before: I went on to check the registry at the path you highlighted, namely HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger but under WMI there's only Security, there's no "Autologger". Weird. O_o You're welcome, FranceBB! It would be a bit naive to think Microsoft will publicly share a programme that switches off all logging that easily. For me, after I ran the programme, the two pesky ones was there. Namely, SCM and ETW. But it's on Vista. I had to dig them up manually. WUDFTrace is related to logging up drivers' activities. It's not in "security" group. It doesn't run on Vista by default. Did you debug drivers, by any chance? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/wdf/debugging-umdf-2-0-drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Probably, if you disable Windows Driver Foundation service, it will go away with it? https://itechbrand.com/fix-windows-driver-foundation-high-cpu/ https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/how-to-disable-windows-driver-foundation-for-real.3797465/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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