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Oct 17, 2017 I need to setup monitoring of CPU usage for individual processes. The primary concern at the moment is sqlserver. Is Performance Monitor the best tool to use for this or can anyone recommend something else? Ideally I'd have a record of all processes running and how much CPU they were using. Go to the Performance Monitor. Right-click on the graph. Process Explorer. Monitor running processes Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows.
- Process Monitor is a free tool from Windows Sysinternals, part of the Microsoft TechNet website. The tool monitors and displays in real-time all file system activity on a Microsoft Windows operating system. It combines two older tools, FileMon and RegMon and is used in system administration.
- Use a high-precision digital panel meter from Grainger to help measure and display a wide range of processes and electrical variables, from voltage monitoring to current, flow, speed, and more. LCD and LED screens help you easily read the numerical results displayed there.
- Background monitor Sysmon 3.0 now reports remote thread creation events, perhaps improving the chance of detecting code injection attempts. Process names have been added to process terminate.
By Mark Russinovich
Published: December 18, 2019
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Introduction
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Nowyou can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about whichhandles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
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The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The topwindow always shows a list of the currently active processes, includingthe names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed inthe bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: ifit is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected inthe top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'llsee the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded.Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that willquickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLsloaded.
The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful fortracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insightinto the way Windows and applications work.
Related Links
- Windows InternalsBook
The official updates and errata page for the definitive book onWindows internals, by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon. - Windows Sysinternals Administrator'sReference
The official guide to the Sysinternals utilities by Mark Russinovichand Aaron Margosis, including descriptions of all the tools, theirfeatures, how to use them for troubleshooting, and examplereal-world cases of their use.
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Runs on:
Process Monitor Pro 1.1
- Client: Windows Vista and higher (Including IA64).
- Server: Windows Server 2008 and higher (Including IA64).
Installation
Simply run Process Explorer (procexp.exe).
The help file describes Process Explorer operation and usage. If youhave problems or questions please visit the Process Explorer forum on Technet.
Learn More
Here are some other handle and DLL viewing tools and informationavailable at Sysinternals:
- The case of theUnexplained...
In this video, Mark describes how he has solved seemingly unsolvablesystem and application problems on Windows. - Handle -a command-line handle viewer
- ListDLLs -a command-line DLL viewer
- PsList -local/remote command-line process lister
- PsKill -local/remote command-line process killer
- Defrag Tools: #2 - ProcessExplorer
In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Larry Larsenshow how to use Process Explorer to view the details of processes,both at a point in time and historically. - Windows Sysinternals Primer: Process Explorer, Process Monitor andMore
Process Explorer gets a lot of attention in the first SysinternalsPrimer delivered by Aaron Margosis and Tim Reckmeyer at TechEd 2010.
Original author(s) | Winternals Software |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Stable release | |
Operating system | Windows XP SP2 and higher |
Available in | English |
License | Freeware |
Website | Windows Sysinternals |
Process Monitor is a free tool from Windows Sysinternals, part of the Microsoft TechNetwebsite. The tool monitors and displays in real-time all file system activity on a Microsoft Windows operating system. It combines two older tools, FileMon and RegMon and is used in system administration, computer forensics, and application debugging.
Process Monitor monitors and records all actions attempted against the Microsoft WindowsRegistry. Process Monitor can be used to detect failed attempts to read and write registry keys. It also allows for filtering on specific keys, processes, process IDs, and values. In addition it shows how applications use files and DLLs, detects some critical errors in system files and more.
History[edit]
RegMon and its sister application Filemon were primarily created by Mark Russinovich[1] and Bryce Cogswell, employed by NuMega Technologies and later SysInternals prior SysInternals being bought out by Microsoft in 2006.
Process Explorer
The two tools were combined to create Process Monitor.[2][3] Early versions of Process Monitor (up to version 2.8) ran on Windows 2000 SP4 with Update Rollup 1.[4] The current version only runs on Windows Vista and above.
FileMon[edit]
FileMon (from a concatenation of 'File' and 'Monitor') was a free utility for 32/64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems which provided users with a powerful tool to monitor and display file system activity.
FileMon is no longer supported.
RegMon[edit]
The RegMon utility from Sysinternals provided forensics on Windows Registry usage.
RegMon is no longer supported.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Mark Russinovich’s BlogArchived 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^RegMon for Windows
- ^Process Monitor
- ^How to use Sysinternals Process Monitor and Process Explorer to Troubleshoot SharePoint
External links[edit]
Process Monitor Download
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