Manually Loading and Unloading NTDS Counters

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In rare cases, the NTDS object can fail to load. If this happens, the NTDS object is not available when you open System Monitor.

To load the NTDS object manually

  1. Change directory to % SystemRoot %\System32.

  2. To load the counter information into the registry, at the command prompt, type lodctr.exe ntdsctrs.ini .

  3. To enable collection of performance data for Active Directory, restart your computer.

After these steps are finished, you can use the System Monitor tool to view the counters for the NTDS object.

To unload the NTDS object manually

  1. Change directory to SystemRoot \System32.

  2. To unload the counter information from the registry at the command prompt, type unlodctr.exe ntds .