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| Thread ID: 77176 | 2007-03-01 10:33:00 | WinXP and the Win98 System Monitor | MistyCat (11583) | Press F1 |
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| 529109 | 2007-03-01 10:33:00 | I miss the Win98 style System Monitor. It gave me what I wanted in a format I could see at a distance. The two most useful tools for me were CPU Usage and Download Bytes Received. I've looked at many free utilities but none showed the info I wanted in the format I wanted (a "solid fill" graph.) I'd reluctantly settle for a bar graph, but I can't find one. Is there a tweak that allows the old Win98 System Monitor to run on XP? Failing that, does anyone know of a free replacement that has the same appearance and functions? Cheers, MistyCat |
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| 529110 | 2007-03-01 21:16:00 | But there is a System Monitor, or 'Performance Console' built into XP that is very similar to, but somewhat more extensive than the Win 98 System Monitor. Go Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Performance. The number of parameters that can be selected for monitoring, using the 'Add' button and the drop down box, is enormous. |
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| 529111 | 2007-03-02 01:31:00 | I miss the Win98 style System Monitor. It gave me what I wanted in a format I could see at a distance. The two most useful tools for me were CPU Usage and Download Bytes Received. I've looked at many free utilities but none showed the info I wanted in the format I wanted (a "solid fill" graph.) I'd reluctantly settle for a bar graph, but I can't find one. Terry, I should have been more specific with my info, and my last sentence was downright sloppy, mainly because I *wouldn't* settle for a bar graph. :blush: I'd lose those two or three minutes of "visible history." I don't mind the XP method of a moving red line instead of the Win98 scrolling graph, but I liked the "solid fill below the line" method in win98. It was so much easier for me to see. Obviously this means one window pane per item monitored (as in 98), and this makes the 98 type automatic re-scaling possible. For my purposes the Win98 format was perfect. I could see it at a distance and I saw what I wanted. I use the XP Performance Console - I have it permanently open and find it very useful, but my eyesight problems make it less useful than the Win98 format even at the largest line size. Cheers, MistyCat |
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