Sounds like a possible permissions error for the user you are running the console app under.  Anything special about that user's permissions?

You might look at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329291

 

Some good links if you encounter "Requested Registry Access is not allowed"...

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1. Bruce Johnson's SOA(P) Box : Upating Performance Counters from ASP.NET

   Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed. bruce February 14, 2005 7:50 PM. I still have problems creating performance counters ...
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