System monitoring on 98 and NT server.

[TVC15]

We have the following network in our office:

Windows NT server (Dell P3 450 server)
6 client machines (Celeron 667's with 64MB ram)all running Windows 98 (second edition)

All the hardware is only a few months old.

We recently installed a Windows based accounts package on one of the client PC's. This is on the local hard drive and is not accessible by the network. Following this install, the PC has been behaving strangely. On some occasions it is extremely slow to respond when you try and load in any program (ie Word, Excel). (ie it will take 1 to 2 minutes instead of the usual few seconds.)This is an intermitent fault, however, as sometimes it will be fine.

We are quite confident that this program is causing our problem. What I would like to know, however, is whether there are any tools within Windows 98 which will allow us to be 100% sure that this program is to blame.(before we start pestering the supplier!) Also, is it possible to use the much more advanced system monitoring tools incorporated within NT server to monitor what is happening on this workstation?

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[Ghost_Hacker]

You'll want to use System Monitor in Windows 98. To install it follow these steps.( I don't remember if it's installed by default.)
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In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
Click the Windows Setup tab.
Click System Tools, and then click Details.
Click System Monitor, and then click OK.
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To run just open "start/programs/accessories/systems tools" and click "System Monitor". To track a program's performance you'll proably want to track " kernal:threads", "kernal : processor usage", "memory manager:locked memory", and "memory manager : page faults". System monitor works much like Performance Monitor does in NT, however NT's Performance Monitor only works with NT based systems.


Hope this helps http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[This message has been edited by Ghost_Hacker (edited 02-22-2001).]

[TVC15]

Thanks for your reply. I have a little experience of using Windows 98 system monitor, although I have always found it very poor compared to what is available with NT.

Do you know if there are any 3rd party products avaiable which may offer a more comprehensive evaluation (freeware or shareware if possible)

Cheers,

Andy

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Up every evening 'bout half eight or nine,

I give my complete attention to a very good friend of mine.

[Ghost_Hacker]

I don't think there are. They would only provided a different look for the information that System Monitor already provides. Windows 9x just doesn't report the kind of details your looking for.



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[Paleo Pete]

You can check Winfiles (http://www.winfiles.com) and SimTel (http://www.simtel.net/) both might have some decent utilities available, but to get any really detailed info you'll probably have to get something like McAffee's Nuts & Bolts, which has a good system monitor, or Norton System Works, which has a good one also.

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