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Track this discussion and email me when there are updates. Reset Post Submit Post. Joined Nov 26, Messages Right click on the Start button and select Properties. Select the Start Menu Tab. Click Customize. Select the Advance Tab. Click OK on both dialogue boxes and it should now show. If not there is a problem with your OS installation.
Ok,the folders there Administrative Tools but it's empty. Still no Performance and Maintenance folder in the Control Panel. Joined Aug 17, Messages 7, I edited some of my posts to make things less confusing and also because I have learned a bit more about this subject in the process.
Administrative Tools is a folder containing shortcuts to various msc files. If yours is empty, let's try to recreate the shortcuts. Performance and Maintenance is a Category. If you view Administrative tools in Category View, it will be listed there. Look in the left pane to see a link.
You can choose to change the way the Admin Tools Folder is viewed. It sounds like you are using Classic View. If the content that is linked to a tool in the following list doesn't provide the information you need to use that tool, send us a comment by using the Was this page helpful? Details about the information you want for a tool will help us plan future content. Diagnostic Data Viewer. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported.
Clearly, this is a move to compete with UNIX and other enterprise operating systems, but do the tools really deliver? Or are they there as check-off items as Microsoft moves into the enterprise market?
There are several new Administrative Tools for use in managing both workstations and networks. The location of the Administrative Tools has also changed. Figure 2 shows the location of the Administrative Tools within the Control Panel.
These 10 applications were first introduced during the Windows beta, and were trimmed from 11 to the nine that were included in the final build of Windows XP Professional. These applications are briefly described in each of the following sections. Represented by a PC with two dialog boxes onscreen, this application manages disks, and provides access to other tools to manage local and remote computers.
The extensive use of navigational tools in this application, coupled with its access to system monitoring and system performance metrics, makes this application one of the most useful of the 10 included in the Administrative Tools set.
Using the MMC interface, it's possible to check the status of all major performance metrics. You can also use the Computer Management application to inquire about the file system that is being used by disk volume on a workstation. This is particularly useful if as an Administrator you inherit a series of workstations from another department and want to see which file system is in use by disk drive or partition.
The Explorer-like approach to managing system information is invaluable in that many of the system attributes and characteristics are available from the single Computer Management interface. Like all interfaces on these applications, Computer Management uses the MMC interface for viewing and working with system performance tools and analytical applications for checking system performance. Figure 4 shows the Computer Management application.
Figure 4 Using the Computer Management interface to find tools and utilities for analyzing system performance. This application is particularly useful for defining the relationships between databases and the applications that build queries to use the data included in them. Represented as a notebook with a series of grammatical symbols on it, the Event Viewer is one of the most valuable applications for tracking system activity.
The analysis of log files is one of the most valuable analytical tools for checking the performance of Windows XP Professional. The Security log is also invaluable for checking to see whether there have been security breaches to the workstations and servers you are responsible for.
There is also the opportunity to save log files in text, comma-delimited, or event log format. If you plan to use these files in Microsoft Excel, be sure to export them in comma-delimited format for ease of importing. Figure 6 Using the Event Viewer to see how applications are running. Represented by a globe with a server in the foreground, the Internet Information Services Manager handles the task of managing the Internet Information Server, which is the Web server for Internet and intranet Web sites.
The interface for this application is intuitive and easy to navigate. Checking on the ASP scripts for your Web site, for example, is possible using this application because the subdirectory structure of your site is shown onscreen. Figure 7 shows an example of the Internet Service Manager application. Represented by a server with a padlock on it, the purpose of this application is to view and modify local security policy, such as user rights and audit policies.
You can also monitor both successful and unsuccessful event completions by login. Figure 8 shows the contents of the Local Security Policy application. Figure 8 The Local Security Policy is worth looking into to ensure the security of your systems. Although it's useful for handling the object: counter relationships that this operating system uses as variables to track performance, it still doesn't get to UNIX-specific commands that many administrators need. Although the graphical interface also makes comparing the specific object: counter combinations useful, there is still much that needs to be added, including the following:.
Capability to customize the Performance Monitor graphical interface to the preferences of the administrator. What is amazing about the lack of support for this feature is that many UNIX-based performance management tools provide this level of functionality.
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