Windows Performance Toolkit
A collection of Microsoft performance monitoring tools that produce in-depth performance profiles of Windows operating systems and applications.
82 questions
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WPA Symbols Options Greyedout
Hello Community Members, I have Windows 10 WPA running on Windows 10 Ent Edition. When viewing an ETL file generated on same machine, call stack does not show function name and displays *Missing ImageID *instead. Under Trace, Load Symbols is greyed out.…
asked 2023-06-28T03:03:08.2266667+00:00
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Syed, Aleem Uddin
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answered 2023-06-30T19:04:20.2966667+00:00
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Tristan Gibeau
71
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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XPERF Process LifeTime Graph AND Unreadable Text
Hello Community, When viewing a ETL file inside XPERF , Process Lifetime graph shows garbled text instead of actual processes name as shown in the screenshot below. I have correctly configured Symbol paths. What might be causing this text to appear? I…
asked 2023-06-27T06:38:39.5333333+00:00
Syed, Aleem Uddin
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asked 2023-06-27T06:38:39.5333333+00:00
Syed, Aleem Uddin
0
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SMB BranchCache issues: Unable to get data cache results
Hi There, We have implemented SMB BranchCache in Hosted environment . Main office/Branch cache .Brach cache server showing when using power shell command get-bcstatus showing connected . But Cache is not effect in Branch cache nor in clients . We have…
asked 2023-05-31T10:45:59.5033333+00:00
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Naresh Malleswarapu
0
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commented 2023-06-01T13:05:19.89+00:00
Naresh Malleswarapu
0
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SSMS 19.0.2 Active Monitor Always Pause
I think it is not related to SSMS version (I used 17.9.1, 18.0.x ~18.12.1 etc). And now I am using SSMS 19.0.2. The Active Monitor always pause after it refresh even though I resume many times. And I find out the Overview works fine if I don't expend…
asked 2023-05-26T15:28:29.91+00:00
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Xiaogang Zheng
0
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commented 2023-05-29T13:27:38.28+00:00
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Zheng, Xiaogang
6
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Can the Windows Performance Analyze retrieving symbols from an Azure artifact symbol store?
Our symbols are stored on an Azure artifacts storage and we can retrieve them successfully in a web browser using this rest API: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/symbol/symsrv/get?view=azure-devops-rest-6.0 The browser…
asked 2023-05-26T14:18:45.09+00:00
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Gabriel DeBacker
0
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
asked 2023-05-26T14:18:45.09+00:00
Gabriel DeBacker
0
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers
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Windows Performance Analyzer doesn't show CPU usage sampled data in my profiles
Hello! It started a few months ago, but I don't have any sampled CPU usage data when I view my ETW profiles in Windows Performance Analyzer. It looks like this: Notice that the preset is configured in a way to show the sample CPU usage (because…
asked 2022-04-14T07:04:17.703+00:00
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Tony Grey
21
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commented 2023-04-30T18:51:41.9033333+00:00
Gary Nebbett
5,721
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Windows Performance Recorder failed - Error code: 0x80050001 - Unsupported power transition for OnOff tracing
I have Windows 11 version 10.0.22000 Build 22000 and trying to examine the boot sequence for boot time optimization purposes using Windows Performance Recorder from Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit version 10.1.22621.1. Using the guide from…
asked 2023-04-29T08:34:14.4666667+00:00
Burhan Habibulin
25
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commented 2023-04-29T09:23:21.7666667+00:00
Burhan Habibulin
25
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Need help fixing slow boot
Hello, I'm having very slow boot time and it's time I take care of it, I have a .etl file that i can open in WPA, the problem is that it's a bit difficult for me to actually pinpoint what is causing things to be slow, could someone look at it and help…
asked 2023-04-06T22:02:02.1+00:00
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Wims 64
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edited a comment 2023-04-13T09:19:28.3833333+00:00
Gary Nebbett
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Find Kernel driver memory leak using Windows Performance Analyzer
Hi, my paged pool keeps getting bigger and bigger and its not a user-process causing the issue. I used poolmon.exe and figured out that the corresponsing flag is "Fstr", but I could not find out what this tag is used for: Next, I created a…
asked 2023-04-05T15:41:34.9533333+00:00
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Ma K
5
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answered 2023-04-11T08:32:26.0766667+00:00
Gary Nebbett
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How can I optimize my PC for better performance on Windows 10?
I have been using Windows 10 on my PC for a while now, and I have noticed that it has become slower over time. I have tried some basic troubleshooting steps such as running a virus scan, freeing up disk space, and disabling unnecessary startup programs,…
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Windows Performance Toolkit
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A collection of Microsoft performance monitoring tools that produce in-depth performance profiles of Windows operating systems and applications.
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asked 2023-04-04T16:35:32.2166667+00:00
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GM Alvi
21
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commented 2023-04-05T16:11:32.3566667+00:00
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Reza-Ameri
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Performance Monitor Memory & Network counters Missing Issue
When you create a User Defined Data Set , select System Performance from Template Data Collector Set and run it. IIn Performance > Resource Overview , it only can see the Utilization of CPU and Disk. The Network and Memory are missing. Add…
asked 2023-02-24T05:45:29.5866667+00:00
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Man SC Man
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edited the question 2023-02-28T07:34:08.37+00:00
Man SC Man
0
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Trouble running Performance Monitor. 'Unable to add these counters....
I've attempted to run the Performance Monitor and I get an error message. "unable to add these counters: \Memory\available MBytes \Memory%Committed Bytes in use, \Memory\Cache Faults/sec \Memory\Cache Faults/sec \PhysicalDisk(*)%idle…
asked 2023-02-26T19:42:47.9166667+00:00
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James Ulietti
5
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commented 2023-02-28T03:29:56.7133333+00:00
risolis
8,701
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how to run ProcMon on Windows Core edition (CMD or Powershell)
Hello, I'm planning to monitor a process by ProcMon, and I need the output to be on the shell not on the GUI. any clue how can I run it using a CMD or PowerShell command?
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asked 2023-02-20T14:01:02.1733333+00:00
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Basel Al Sayeh - ITG
0
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answered 2023-02-20T16:28:15.1266667+00:00
CarnegieJ
76
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How to show events messages in Windows Performance Analyzer
I am loading session with my events in WPA. But events are visible only by id. There is no name or message for them and this way it is very hard to analyze them. Events are declared like: <event value="16" symbol="spg_init"…
asked 2022-09-14T05:19:06.293+00:00
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Kaloyan Donev
1
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answered 2022-12-31T04:09:03.427+00:00
Tristan Gibeau
71
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers
Add KPI to WPA after loading etl file
Hi, I want to analyze build process of the c++ project in order to make choice which headers to precompile and use accordingly to improve build process timing and performance. When I open etl file(collected using pattern <vcperf start mysess -…
asked 2022-12-28T17:20:02.703+00:00
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Borislav Grebenar
1
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asked 2022-12-28T17:20:02.703+00:00
Borislav Grebenar
1
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WPR: Circular recording with periodic exports to the trace file
Hi! I need to use the WPR running in scope of a custom troubleshooting setup and I was wondering if it is possible to dump the trace results to a file, while keeping the trace collection running? I don't want to miss important events while I'll be…
asked 2022-12-20T21:11:52.237+00:00
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Ivan Seriavin
26
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answered 2022-12-26T14:32:31.64+00:00
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Konstantin Chernyi
161
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Where can I find Problem Description in WPA?
Hi! How can I find a problem description in WPA that was specified for the trace that was trace was captured with WPR? Thanks!
asked 2022-12-20T21:00:05.727+00:00
Ivan Seriavin
26
Reputation points
answered 2022-12-21T16:00:07.877+00:00
Ivan Seriavin
26
Reputation points
2 answers
WPA export ETL trace to csv or excel file.
I am wondering WPA can export ETL trace to CSV or excel file format or not. I have several ETL test logs needs to check. I can open them one by one the copy the content to a excel file. I would like to see if it is possible to use some kind…
asked 2022-10-14T10:49:22.553+00:00
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MikeZhou
1
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answered 2022-12-10T20:43:35.79+00:00
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Alois Kraus
1
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How to write the custom wprp files required by the wpt tool
As a new tester, I need to use the wpr tool to grab logs in the background, but the default option does not limit the etl log size. So I'm going to write a custom configuration file, but I don't see any templates other than documentation help. Even the…
asked 2022-10-08T07:45:07.66+00:00
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Sur
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answered 2022-12-09T08:40:58.293+00:00
Alois Kraus
1
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1 answer
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Why is there no windows focus section in etl log
first, I used the “”.\wpr.exe -exportprofile GPU+CPU+GeneralProfile 'D:\profiles\CpuGpuGeneralProfileM.wprp'”command to get the wprp custom file，and modified the parameter to use the percentage of memory to capture logs Start the log grab,…