What does the column farthest to the right show?

Configuring Administrative Tools

a. Click Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Performance Monitor. The Performance Monitor window opens. Expand Data Collector Sets. Right-click User Defined, and select New > Data Collector Set.



b. The Create new Data Collector Set window opens. In the Name field, type Memory Logs. Select the Create manually (Advanced) radio button, and click Next.



c. The What type of data do you want to include? screen opens. Check the Performance counter box then click Next.



d. The Which performance counters would you like to log? screen opens. Click Add.



e. From the list of available counters, locate and expand Memory. Select Available MBytes and click Add>>.



f. You should see the Available MBytes counter added in the right pane. Click OK.



g. Set the Sample interval field to 4 seconds. Click Next.



h. In the Where would you like the data to be saved? screen, click Browse.



i. The Browse For Folder window opens. Select your (C:) drive, which is Local Disk (C:) in the figure on the next page. Select PerfLogs and click OK.



j. The Where would you like the data to be saved? window opens with the directory information that you selected in the previous step. Click Next.



k. The Create the data collector set? screen opens. Click Finish.



l. Expand User Defined, and select Memory Logs. Right-click Data Collector01 and select Properties.



m. The DataCollector01 Properties window opens. Change the Log format: field to Comma Separated.



n. Click the File tab.



o. Click OK.

p. Select the Memory Logs icon in the left pane of the Performance Monitor window. Click the green arrow icon to start the data collection set. Notice a green arrow is placed on top of the Memory Logs icon.



q. To force the computer to use some of the available memory, open and close a browser.

r. Click the black square icon to stop the data collection set.



s. Click Start > Computer, and click drive C: > PerfLogs. Locate the folder that starts with your PC’s name followed by a timestamp, DESKTOP-NDFE14H_20170514-000001 in the example. Double-click the folder to open it, and then double-click the DataCollector01.csv file. If prompted, click Continue to permit access to the folder.





t. Close the DataCollector01.csv file and the window with the PerfLogs folder.

u. Select the Performance Monitor window. Right-click Memory Logs > Delete.



v. The Performance Monitor > Confirm Delete window opens. Click Yes.

w. Open drive C: > PerfLogs folder. Right-click on the folder that was created to hold the Memory log file, then click Delete.

x. The Delete Folder window opens. Click Yes.

y. Close all open windows.

Available memory in MBytes.