Computer Monitoring Error in Dashboard or Launchpad of SBS 2011 Essential Servers

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby from Commercial Technical Support]

A new wiki has been released that covers the Computer Monitoring Error that some users have been receiving on their Dashboard and/or Launchpad of their Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, and Windows Home Server 2011 servers.  For more information please see the following wiki:  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7852.computer-monitoring-error-on-dashboard-or-launchpad.aspx

Resolution (4/12/12)

The following hotfixes have been released to fix the issue mentioned above.

You receive the warning "Computer Monitoring Error" in Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials after you install Update Rollup 2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2685867

You receive the warning "Computer Monitoring Error" in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials after you install Update Rollup 2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686867

You receive the warning "Computer Monitoring Error" in Windows Home Server 2011 after you install Update Rollup 2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686857