#2105: give hint on how to solve the problem if PdhAddEnglishCounter fails

Signed-off-by: Giampaolo Rodola <g.rodola@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/psutil/arch/windows/wmi.c b/psutil/arch/windows/wmi.c
index 5fad4053..fc7a6652 100644
--- a/psutil/arch/windows/wmi.c
+++ b/psutil/arch/windows/wmi.c
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ psutil_init_loadavg_counter(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
 
     s = PdhAddEnglishCounterW(hQuery, szCounterPath, 0, &hCounter);
     if (s != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "PdhAddEnglishCounterW failed");
+        PyErr_Format(
+            PyExc_RuntimeError,
+            "PdhAddEnglishCounterW failed. Performance counters may be disabled."
+        );
         return NULL;
     }