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Chapter 3 NT Performance Monitor
NT Performance Monitor - is a graphical tool for measuring the performance of your
own computer or other computers on a network. On each computer, you can view the
behavior of objects, such as processors, memory, cache, threads, and processes.
The following overview lists how you use Performance Monitor to view the
performance of objects: Simultaneously view data from any number of computers.
View and dynamically change charts reflecting current activity and showing counter
values that are updated at a user-defined frequency. Export data from charts, logs,
alert logs, and reports to spreadsheet or database programs for further manipulation
and printing. Add system alerts that list events in the Alert Log and notify you either
by reverting to Alert view, logging the event in Event Viewer's Application log, or
issuing a network alert. Run a predefined program either every time or only the first
time a counter value goes over or under a user-defined value. Create log files
containing data about objects on different computers. Append selected sections of
existing log files to a single file, forming a long-term archive.
Performance Monitor consists of four main windows, which you display by clicking
Chart, Alert, Log, or Report on the View menu. These windows contain different
information and have only the menu bar, status bar, and toolbar in common. You can
press the F1 key to see Help about any Performance Monitor command. On the
Options menu, Data From is available in any of the four windows. Use this command
to switch from working with current values for current activity (real time data) to
viewing and manipulating existing log files. The default is current activity.
There are two ways that user can monitor system temperature, working voltages and
fan speed from NT Performance Monitor.
Method I:
1. From the Windows NT desktop, choose Start select Programs, Select ASUS
System MonitorAgent, Select Monitor.
2. From the Monitor, you can monitor the status of system's temperature, voltage
and fan speed.
Method II:
1. From the Windows NT desktop, choose Start | Programs | Administrative Tools |
Performance Monitor.
2. Choose Edit menu, Select Add to Chart
3. Select the computer that you want to monitor, click OK.
4. From the Object Box, select ASUS System Monitor. It will displays ASUS
System Monitor performance list in the Counter Box.