Resource Monitor, a
utility
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in
Windows Vista
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and later, displays information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in
real time. Users can launch Resource Monitor by executing ''resmon.exe'' (''perfmon.exe'' in Windows Vista).
The Vista and later Resource Monitor heavily leverages the
Event Tracing for Windows
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(ETW) facilities introduced in Windows 7;
the counter setup (event tracing session) used by the Resource Monitor can provide logging as well.
Features
The Resource Monitor window includes five tabs:
*Overview
*CPU
::displays column lists of Processes, Services, Associated Handles and Associated Modules; charts of CPU Usage (separate for every core)
*Memory
::displays overall Physical Memory consumption and separate consumption of every Process; charts of Used Physical Memory, Commit Charge and Hard Faults/sec
*Disk
::displays Processes with Disk Activity and Storage; charts of Disk Usage (KB/sec) and Disk Queue Length
*Network
::displays Processes with Network Activity, TCP Connections and Listening Ports; charts of Network Usage (separate for every adapter) and TCP Connections
Ways to start the application
* Choose Start→Type to search "Resource Monitor".
* Start
Windows Task Manager
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→select Performance tab→Click the "Open Resource Monitor" link at the lower left corner.
* Choose Start→All Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Resource Monitor.
* %windir%\system32\perfmon.exe /res
* %windir%\system32\resmon.exe
See also
*
Activity Monitor in macOS
*
System Monitor
A system monitor is a Computer hardware, hardware or software component used to monitor system resources and performance in a computer system.
Among the management issues regarding use of system monitoring tools are resource usage and privacy.
...
was available on Windows 95, 95 OSR, 95 OSR2, 98, 98SE, ME
*
Performance Monitor
Performance Monitor (known as System Monitor in Windows 9x, Windows 2000 and Windows XP) is a system monitoring program introduced in Windows NT 3.1. It monitors various activities on a computer such as CPU or memory usage. This type of applic ...
introduced in Windows NT
References
Windows components
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