Description:
You got another 0x80070643 error when installing Microsoft Defender for Identity sensor. This time you don't use proxy to connect to internet or you have make sure that there's no proxy issue causing the error.
When you look at the Microsoft.Tri.Sensor.Updater log file you notice there's an error saying "PerformanceCounterLib System.InvalidOperationException: Category does not exist."
Also at Microsoft.Tri.Sensor.Deployment.Deployer log file you saw "System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed" exception.
When you ran perfmon.exe you some error popup saying "Unable to add several counters"
Resolution:
You need to rebuild the Performance Counter
1. Launch Command Prompt as Administrator.
2. Change Directory to "C:\WINDOWS\System32"
3. Rebuild resource counters by typing the command: lodctr /r
Verify by running perfmon.exe again, and it should start without an error.
After that you should be able to install the MDI Sensor.
