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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>The Resource Monitor window includes five tabs:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Overview</li> <li>CPU</li></ul> displays column lists of Processes, Services, Associated Handles and Associated Modules; charts of CPU Usage (separate for every core) <ul><li>Memory</li></ul> displays overall Physical Memory consumption and separate consumption of every Process; charts of Used Physical Memory, Commit Charge and Hard Faults/sec <ul><li>Disk</li></ul> displays Processes with Disk Activity and Storage; charts of Disk Usage (KB/sec) and Disk Queue Length <ul><li>Network</li></ul> displays Processes with Network Activity, TCP Connections and Listening Ports; charts of Network Usage (separate for every adapter) and TCP Connections <h2 id="ways-to-start-the-application">Ways to start the application</h2> <ul><li>Choose Start→Type to search "Resource Monitor".</li> <li>Start <a href="/facts/Windows_Task_Manager/Fp70IsH6">Windows Task Manager</a>→select Performance tab→Click the "Open Resource Monitor" link at the lower left corner.</li> <li>Choose Start→All Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Resource Monitor.</li> <li>%windir%\system32\perfmon.exe /res</li> <li>%windir%\system32\resmon.exe</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Activity_Monitor_(macOS)/7uDAhFUz">Activity Monitor</a> in macOS</li> <li><a href="/facts/System_Monitor/xnNgtTvF">System Monitor</a> was available on Windows 95, 95 OSR, 95 OSR2, 98, 98SE, ME</li> <li><a href="/facts/Performance_Monitor/tsW4RXIx">Performance Monitor</a> introduced in Windows NT</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Tulloch, Mitch; Northrup, Tony; Honeycutt, Jerry; Wilson, Ed (October 7, 2009). Windows 7 Resource Kit. Pearson Education (published 2009). ISBN 9780735642775. Retrieved June 3, 2014. The Resource Overview screen of the Reliability and Performance Monitor Control Panel item in Windows Vista has become a separate tool in Windows 7 called Resource Monitor [...]. <a href="9780735642775" target="_blank">9780735642775</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Waterman, Michael (November 4, 2013). "Getting Started with Performance Tracing Part 1 Event Tracing for Windows Demystified". TechNet. Microsoft. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. <a href="https://archive.today/20131218150441/http://blogs.technet.com/b/michw/archive/2013/11/04/getting-started-with-performance-tracing-part-1-event-tracing-for-windows-demystified.aspx" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20131218150441/http://blogs.technet.com/b/michw/archive/2013/11/04/getting-started-with-performance-tracing-part-1-event-tracing-for-windows-demystified.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"How to pull the information that Resource Monitor (ResMon.exe) provides?". TechNet. Microsoft. January 4, 2011. <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/archive/blogs/yongrhee/how-to-pull-the-information-that-resource-monitor-resmon-exe-provides" target="_blank">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/archive/blogs/yongrhee/how-to-pull-the-information-that-resource-monitor-resmon-exe-provides</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Phelps, Justin (October 14, 2011). "How to Use Resource Monitor". PC World. IDG. <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/241677/how_to_use_resource_monitor.html" target="_blank">http://www.pcworld.com/article/241677/how_to_use_resource_monitor.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>