System Monitor
Encyclopedia
System Monitor is a program in Windows 95
, 98
and Me
that is used to monitor various activities on a computer such as CPU usage or memory usage. The equivalent of System Monitor on Windows 2000 and XP is called Performance Monitor (
System Monitor can display information as a graph, a bar chart, or numeric values and can update information using a range of time intervals. The categories of information that you can monitor depend on which networking services are installed on your system, but they always include File System
, Kernel, and Memory Manager
. Other possible categories include Microsoft Network Client, Microsoft Network Server, and protocol categories.
This application is usually used to determine the cause of problems on a local or remote computer by measuring the performance of hardware, software services, and applications. System Monitor is not installed automatically during Windows setup, it must be installed manually using the Add/Remove Programs applet, located in the Control Panel
.
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
, 98
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
and Me
Windows Me
Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft, and was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x series. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006....
that is used to monitor various activities on a computer such as CPU usage or memory usage. The equivalent of System Monitor on Windows 2000 and XP is called Performance Monitor (
perfmon.msc or perfmon.exe).System Monitor can display information as a graph, a bar chart, or numeric values and can update information using a range of time intervals. The categories of information that you can monitor depend on which networking services are installed on your system, but they always include File System
File system
A file system is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device which contain it. A file system organizes data in an efficient manner and is tuned to the...
, Kernel, and Memory Manager
Memory manager
In IBM PC compatible computing, DOS memory management refers to software and techniques employed to give applications access to more than 640K of "conventional memory". The 640kB limit was specific to the IBM PC and close compatibles; other machines running MS-DOS had different limits, for example...
. Other possible categories include Microsoft Network Client, Microsoft Network Server, and protocol categories.
This application is usually used to determine the cause of problems on a local or remote computer by measuring the performance of hardware, software services, and applications. System Monitor is not installed automatically during Windows setup, it must be installed manually using the Add/Remove Programs applet, located in the Control Panel
Control Panel (Windows)
The Control Panel is a part of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface which allows users to view and manipulate basic system settings and controls via applets, such as adding hardware, adding and removing software, controlling user accounts, and changing accessibility options...
.