Symptoms. When you try to access the Performance Monitor (Perfmon.exe) on a remote computer, you receive an error message that resembles the following: Access Is Denied. Users who are members of the Administrators group do not experience this problem.

This article describes how to create log files using System Monitor in Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Download and use the Performance Monitor Wizard (PerfWiz) to make the log configuration process easier to set up.

If you use Windows Task Manager or the Perfmon /res command to start Resource Monitor on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the Perfmon.exe process crashes. Additionally, you receive an error message that resembles the following: Faulting application name: perfmon.exe, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7972c.

1. Make sure you have the latest updates for Windows and device drivers. 2. Restart your PC and open only the apps you need. 3. Use ReadyBoost to help improve performance. 4. Make sure the system is managing the page file size. 5. Check for low disk space and free up space. 6. Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows. 7.

Check your device performance and health in Windows Security. To help you keep your device secure, Windows Security monitors your device for security issues and provides a health report, which appears on the Device performance & health page.

If some Windows functions aren't working or Windows crashes, use the System File Checker to scan Windows and restore your files. Though the steps below might look complicated at first glance, just follow them in order, step-by-step, and we’ll try to get you back on track.

Workaround. To work around this issue, use the built-in Performance Monitor tool (perfmon.exe), and add the "\Hyper-V Hypervisor Logical Processor\Frequency" performance counter. More Information. For a more detailed discussion of this issue, see the following MSDN blog article: Physical/Logical CPU Frequency Reporting with Hyper-V enabled. Status.

This issue occurs because the Reliability and Performance Monitor (Perfmon.exe) console that is running the TraceRpt.exe tool consumes too much memory and CPU resources during the report generation process.

PSSDIAG is a general purpose diagnostic collection utility that Microsoft Product Support Services uses to collect various logs and data files. PSSDIAG can natively collect Performance Monitor logs, SQL Profiler traces, SQL Server blocking script output, Windows Event Logs, and SQLDIAG output.

Fixes an issue in which a data collector set in Performance Monitor does not collect all required performance counter data. This issue occurs in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2.