https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5 TrayStatus RSS: CPU Usage Error Fri, 01 May 2026 15:48:20 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5 https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/cpu-usage-error/?ID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5#3 Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:01:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/cpu-usage-error/?ID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5#3 TrayStatus Glad to hear you were able to get it sorted, thanks for posting the solution! ]]> https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/cpu-usage-error/?ID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5#2 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 20:12:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/cpu-usage-error/?ID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5#2 TrayStatus Problem solved, after some web searching, I changed the registry entry called "Disable Performance Counters" from a 1 to 0 in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfOS\Performance
Rebooted and now everything is good. ]]> https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/cpu-usage-error/?ID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 12:05:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.traystatus.com/Discussions/View/cpu-usage-error/?ID=ef522c4a-9374-483d-9755-7593b2a283f5 TrayStatus When I try to use the CPU usage icon on my laptop I'm getting this error.

An unknown error has occurred.
Category does not exist.

I have tried the fix using the ResetPerfCounters.zip but this does not fix the issue. ]]>