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What is Performance Sentry and how does it relate to NTSMF?

Performance Sentry was originally created as NTSMF. Demand Technology Software was founded in the early days of Windows NT by mainframe performance analysis and capacity planning professionals.  They recognized the need for capturing performance metrics on Windows NT in a fashion similar to the mainframe software called SMF (System Management Facility).  Thus, Windows NT SMF […]

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What User Rights and Permissions does the User Account that I will run the Performance Sentry Collection Service under require?

OK, you asked for it. If you do not need to gather Module identification information, you can run the Performance Sentry collection service under a User Account. You can only set the Collection Service to run under a User Account manually using the Services Administrative Tool, which is illustrated below: To function correctly, the User Account […]

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Can the Performance Sentry Collection Service impersonate a User Account to gain access to secure network resources?

Yes. By design, the Performance Sentry Collection Service (dmperfss.exe) is installed to run under the built-in LocalSystem (SYSTEM) account. This built-in account, which most services use, has the authority to perform almost any internal function on the local machine. However, the LocalSystem account has no built-in facilities to access secure network resources, such as shared […]

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Can I run the Performance Sentry Collection Service under a User Account, instead of LocalSystem (or SYSTEM)?

No, to function properly the Performance Sentry collection service should be set up to run under the LocalSystem (or SYSTEM) account. The LocalSystem (or SYSTEM) account is a built-in account used by many services with an extraordinary level of privileges for accessing local system resources. These include privileges that cannot be granted to any User […]

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What is Performance Sentry and how does it relate to NTSMF?

Performance Sentry was originally created as NTSMF. Demand Technology Software was founded in the early days of Windows NT by mainframe performance analysis and capacity planning professionals.  They recognized the need for capturing performance metrics on Windows NT in a fashion similar to the mainframe software called SMF (System Management Facility).  Thus, Windows NT SMF […]

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