Selecting a Performance Counter

You can select the WMI Performance Counter you want to use in the WMI performance monitors you create or edit. As you navigate through the performance counters on the computer you are browsing, information about what that counter or group of counters consists of appears at the bottom of the dialog.

• Computer name. This box shows the computer that you are currently browsing. If you want to view counters on another computer, click browse (...) to select a computer.
• Performance counter. The counters available on the current system. Select the counter and view information about that counter in the box below the list.
• Performance instance. The instance names for the counter selected in the Performance counter list.
• Current value. Select this option to display the current value of the counter selected in the Performance counter and Performance instance lists.

Click OK to select the performance counter for use in the monitor.