App for Monitoring PC Performance on Windows 10
App for Monitoring PC Performance on Windows 10
I might have discovered a solution. My brothers system received the Anniversary update today, but I gave up and thought he’d have to handle it unless he wanted to reinstall Windows, which wasn’t an option. That led me to try PC Meter beta v0.3, and surprisingly, it worked. I downloaded it from this site: http://files.aoaforums.com/I4229-PCMeter.zip.html. Hope it helps everyone too.
Reverting to version 0.3 resolved issues in the anyversary update.
V0.3 remains unresolved following the 2016 Windows 10 Anniversary Update, functioning properly post-2015 release yet failing this iteration.
I think I've discovered a fix for many issues PCMeter encounters. Particularly when switching to Windows 10 Anniversary and the devices stop connecting. The issue seems tied to a WMI register entry used by gadgets to read data. I'm uncertain why PCMeter can't publish objects to WMI, but removing the namespace (ROOT\AddGadgets) and restarting the gadgets or rebooting the PC resolved the problem. The simplest method I found involved these steps: 1. Stop the PCMeter process (found in Task Manager as "AddGadgets"); 2. End sidebar gadgets (Task Manager, "Windows Desktop Gadgets"); 3. Generate a file named "RemoveAddGadgetsWMI.mof"; 4. Open it and paste these lines: #pragma namespace("\\.\Root") #pragma deleteinstance("__Namespace.Name='AddGadgets'", FAIL); 5. Save the file; 6. Launch Command Prompt with admin rights (Windows 8/10: Win+X → Command Prompt (Admin)); 7. Navigate to the location of the file and run "mofcomp RemoveAddGadgestsWMI.mof"; 8. Restart PCMeter or your PC. This worked for me, possibly helpful for others too.
The issue arises when executing the file "An error occurred..." due to a missing property '__Namespace.Name='AddGadgets''. After restarting the PC, the problem resolves and gadgets function properly. Thank you!
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