When trying to monitor a Windows 2000 system, PRTG shows the error message
Unknown Error in: "Win32_Process"
What can I do?
How can I monitor a Windows service on Windows 2000?
Modified on 2025-06-10 11:26:24 +0200
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The information in the Paessler Knowledge Base comes without warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk. Before applying any instructions please exercise proper system administrator housekeeping. You must make sure that a proper backup of all your data is available.
The information in the Paessler Knowledge Base comes without warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk. Before applying any instructions please exercise proper system administrator housekeeping. You must make sure that a proper backup of all your data is available.
This article applies to PRTG Network Monitor 12 or later
Monitor Services on Windows 2000
Since PRTG 7 we do not offically support Windows 2000 systems any more. However, the following workaround might enable you to still monitor services on your Windows 2000 server machines.
Create a WMI Custom Sensor, using the following query:
Select ProcessID from Win32_Service WHERE Name="NAME"Replace NAME by the name of the service, as shown in WMI Tester.
You can use our free WMI Tester to further refine this query in order get more detailed results.
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