Track Performance with System Monitor

To find out how much physical memory is available on your computer, follow these steps:

1.Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Monitor.

2.On the Edit menu, click Add Item.

3.Click Memory Manager in the Category box, click Free Memory in the Item box, and then click OK.

The Memory Manager: Free Memory line chart that is displayed on the screen shows the amount of physical memory that is not currently in use. To remove any other charts that are displayed in the System Monitor window, click Remove Item on the Edit menu, click the chart that you want to remove, and then click OK. To change all the charts that are currently displayed from line charts to bar or numeric charts, click Bar Charts or Numeric Charts on the View menu. To modify how often the displayed charts are updated, click Chart on the Options menu.

System Monitor is not installed when the Typical, Compact, or Portable Setup type is chosen when you install Windows 95. To install System Monitor after you install Windows 95, follow these steps:

1.In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.

2.Click the Windows Setup tab.

3.Click Accessories, and then click Details.

4.Click the System Monitor check box to select it, and then click OK.

5.Click OK.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q135/3/15.asp
CD-ROM Extras for Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade

System Monitor uses the dynamic data information in the Registry to report on the state of processes. You can use System Monitor to do the following:

Monitor real-time system performance and compare it with historical performance to help identify trends over time.
Determine system capacity and identify bottlenecks.
Monitor the effects of system configuration changes.

To use System Monitor to track performance problems

1. Click the Edit menu, and then click Add Item.
2. In the Category list, click the resource that you want to monitor.
3. In the Item list, select one or more resources that you want to monitor.

To select more than one item, press CTRL while clicking the items that you want to select. To select several items in a row, click the first item, and then press and hold down SHIFT while clicking the last item.

For more information about a selected resource, click the Explain button, which is dimmed until after step 3.

4. Click OK.

To change the view of the data from a line chart to a bar chart or a numeric listing, click the related button on the button bar.

System Monitor offers menu commands for configuring the charts:

To change the update interval, click the Options menu, and then click Chart.
To configure the color and scaling for a selected item, click the Edit menu, and then click Edit Item.
To control the display of the toolbar, status bar, and title bar, click

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