Post by Zak3 from msdn
I've the same problem on my Windows XP, and I've solved it.
Sharing my solution here:
1. [Start / Run... / regedit]
2. Find registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib]
"Last Counter" : 5476
"Last Help" : 5477
3. Because I am using Chinese Traditional Version, So I have to subkeys under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib]. One is [004], and another one is [009].
4. Open [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009\Counter] (Double Click It)
You'll see a lot of strings here, just drag to the end of it (or press [Ctrl]+[End]), you probably see something like
"5466
Workflows Persisted/sec"
the value [5466] should match [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\Last Counter]
In my situation, 5466 matches the key, but I still get the error message. So, I check the other key [004].
5. Open [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\004\Counter]
As above, double click on the [Counter] to see its value, and drag to the end. In my situation, the last value looks like
"7236
Workflows Persisted/sec"
So, I changed the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\Last Counter] to match the value in [004\Counter]
6. Double Click on the [[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\Last Counter], select decimal, and key in its value. In my situaion, I decided to use the value in [004\Counter], which is 7236.
Now do the samething to the [Last Help]
7. Open [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009\Help] (Double Click It)
You'll see a lot of strings here, just drag to the end of it (or press [Ctrl]+[End]), you probably see something like
"5333
ServiceModelService 3.0.0.0 performance counters"
the value [5333] should match [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\Last Help]
In my situation, 5333 matches the key, but I still get the error message. So, I check the other key [004].
8. Open [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\004\Help]
As above, double click on the [Help] to see its value, and drag to the end. In my situation, the last value looks like
"6033 傳輸傳送 I/O 作業的平均位元組長度基底。"
So, I changed the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\Last Help] to match the value in [004\Help]
9. Double Click on the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\Last Help], select decimal, and key in its value. In my situaion, I decided to use the value in [004\Help], which is 6033.
10. Done. Now restart the installer.
The point is check every node under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib] to make sure the value right. That's how I solve it. Just for your reference.