Perfmon aborts on Counter Logs

I can run the perfmon System Monitor on the Windows XP SP2 computer with no

problem. I can define a Counter Log with the same indicators with no

problem. When I try to start the Counter Log I immediately get an error log

event:

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Event Type: Error

Event Source: Service Control Manager

Event Category: None

Event ID: 7034

Date: 7/10/2008

Time: 12:33:44 PM

User: N/A

Computer: NAME-TAG

Description:

The Performance Logs and Alerts service terminated unexpectedly. It has

done this 1 time(s).

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What's the problem and how do I fix it?

I have searched the internat and have not been able to find anything on

this. I am cross posting this in two groups because I am not sure which

group is more germaine.

Thanks for any help,

Joe M