Problem starting ESB Service after 3.0.3.128 install

After installing 3.0.3 on one particular machine, I am getting an error when trying to start the ESB service.  This error happens regardless of what configuration I am trying to load (a newly created one, or our custom solution). 

Below are the details.  Anyone ever come across this before?  Any ideas? 

Cheers!

Darin

The error in the Windows Event Viewer log is:

Event Info: Neuron ESB Service failed to start

Exception: Cannot load Counter Name data because an invalid index '' was read from the registry.

Method: GetStringTable

Stack: at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.GetStringTable(Boolean isHelp)
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.get_NameTable()
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.get_CategoryTable()

   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.CategoryExists(String machine, String category)

   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(String categoryName, String machineName)

at Neuron.Esb.ESBMasterService.e(String categoryName)

at Neuron.Esb.ESBMasterService.Start(String instanceName, String environment, String zone, String[] args)

Then, there is a visible popup error message with this info:

Exception Details

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System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException: The socket connection was aborted. This could be caused by an error processing your message or a receive timeout being exceeded by the remote host, or an underlying network resource issue. Local socket timeout was '00:01:59.9840000'. ---> System.IO.IOException: The read operation failed, see inner exception. ---> System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException: The socket connection was aborted. This could be caused by an error processing your message or a receive timeout being exceeded by the remote host, or an underlying network resource issue. Local socket timeout was '00:01:59.9840000'. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SocketConnection.ReadCore(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, TimeSpan timeout, Boolean closing)

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SocketConnection.ReadCore(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, TimeSpan timeout, Boolean closing)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SocketConnection.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ConnectionStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)

   at System.Net.FixedSizeReader.ReadPacket(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)

   at System.Net.Security.NegotiateStream.StartFrameHeader(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)

   at System.Net.Security.NegotiateStream.StartReading(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)

   at System.Net.Security.NegotiateStream.ProcessRead(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

   at System.Net.Security.NegotiateStream.ProcessRead(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)

   at System.Net.Security.NegotiateStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.StreamConnection.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, TimeSpan timeout)

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Server stack trace:

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.StreamConnection.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SessionConnectionReader.Receive(TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SynchronizedMessageSource.Receive(TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportDuplexSessionChannel.Receive(TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportDuplexSessionChannel.TryReceive(TimeSpan timeout, Message& message)

   at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DuplexChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

Exception rethrown at [0]:

   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)

   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)

   at Neuron.DiscoveryService.Contracts.IDiscoveryService.StartInstance(String name)

   at Neuron.Explorer.FormMain.Connect(SynchronizationContext uiContext, BackgroundWorker bw, DoWorkEventArgs e, FormConnect form)