[Nprof-developers] Re: nprof unload problem

[Matthew M. <ma...@ac...>]

XIN LING wrote:
> Hi, I am using nprof to test ASP.NET on a box installed with Windows 
> Server 2003 web edition, on which we have web services running. The 
> profiling works great, but the problem is after I am done profiling 
> (closed nprof program), I can't start any web application/services on 
> the box. Then I tried to clean all the entry related to nprof in the 
> Regedit. This time web applications could start, but very slow. I also 
> tried to run a Windows program (also based on .net framework), it is 
> slow too.
>  
> It seems nprof hooked into the .net framework, and can't be unloaded or 
> unhooked.
>  
> Could anyone help me out with this issue? I can't uninstall the .net 
> framework and reinstall it, because it's build-in for Windows server 
> 2003 web edition. I can't re-install Windows Server 2003 operation 
> system either. Only network admin of our company could do that.
>  
> Any help would be appreciated.
>  
> thanks
> Xin
>  
Search your registry for "nprof saved environment".  You'll find that 
nprof inserted itself into the environment of ASP.NET and somehow 
neglected to remove itself.

Matt.