Performance Monitor


Web Sites
Missing Objects and Counters in Performance Monitor (Q127207) - When you attempt to add counters to the chart in Performance Monitor, the list of objects and counters may be incomplete or blank. To reenable the counters follow procedures from this article.
Optimizing Windows NT for Performance (Q146005) - When starting troubleshooting performance problems or when trying to optimize Windows NT, while working with Windows NT Performance Monitor it isn't always easy to choose from the large number of performance monitor objects and counters. This article helps you pick the right counters and objects.
PerfMon: High Number of Pages/Sec Not Necessarily Low Memory (Q139609) - When using Performance Monitor, you might encounter high Memory: Pages/sec counter values that are not related to either paging file activity or cache activity. These high values may instead be caused by the an application sequentially reading a memory mapped file. Check out this article for the details.
Troubleshooting High CPU Utilization - This article demonstrates a method using the performance monitor and WinDbg to troubleshoot high CPU utilization on your IIS Server.

Programs
Performance Monitor Wizard - The Performance Monitor Wizard simplifies the process of gathering performance monitor logs. It configures the correct counters to collect, sample intervals and log file sizes. This wizard can create logs for troubleshooting operating system or Exchange server performance issues.
Windows Server 2003 Tools - On this page you'll find downloadable tools that will help you support Windows Server 2003 systems.