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Performance monitoring for IT Pros

This topic provides you with information about the common administration and troubleshooting tasks and tools associated with performance monitoring. It also provides links to information that will help you monitor your computer's performance.

Common tasks

Useful tools

Management Consoler

Downloads

Deployment

Operations

Technical reference

Common tasks

Useful tools

This section describes the Microsoft Web site downloads and tools associated with this version of Windows that help you manage desktop performance.

Management Console

You can find the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in for Performance Monitor in the following location: %windir%\system32\perfmon.exe.

Important: It may be necessary to run MMC and the associated snap-ins with elevated privileges even if your account is in the Computer Administrators group.

To open the MMC snap-in for Performance Monitor with elevated privileges, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and then point to Run as administrator. If Windows displays a security message asking your permission to run this program, click Allow. In the command prompt that opens, type perfmon.exe to start the Windows Performance Diagnostic Console, which displays the Resource View.

Downloads

No performance monitoring-related downloads were available when this documentation was last updated.

Deployment

For information about deploying performance monitoring, go to the following resources on the Microsoft Web site:

Performance Monitoring and Tuning Step-by-Step Guide

Operations

For operational information about performance monitoring, go to the following resources on the Microsoft Web site:

Windows Performance Diagnostic Console Help

Technical reference

For more information about performance monitoring, go to the following technical references on the Microsoft Web site:

Command-line Reference A-Z



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