Windows System Monitor - Tascam PCI-822 User Manual

Windows System Monitor

Windows includes a "System Monitor" utility that displays important
performance information about your machine. If it's installed, you can
usually find it by following this path in the Start menu:
StartgProgramsgAccessoriesgSystem ToolsgSystem Monitor
What if you don't have System Monitor?
System Monitor is optionally installed as part of Windows 95/98, but every
Windows 95/98 PC can load it. Open the "Add/Remove Programs" control
panel (StartgSettingsgControl PanelsgAdd/Remove Programs). In the
"Windows Setup" tab, scroll down and select "Accessories." Its check box
will be gray if some of the accessories aren't installed. Click the 'Details...'
button. Scroll through the list of programs and make sure "System
Monitor" is checked. Click 'OK' and follow the installation instructions.
When the WaveCenter/PCI driver is loaded, it notifies Windows that it
can collect statistics that indicate how well the system is responding to
WaveCenter/PCI's requests to read and write audio data.
You can display these statistics and compare them with other
important performance data —
1. Start the System Monitor application (StartgProgramsg
AccessoriesgSystem ToolsgSystem Monitor).
2. Click on the fourth icon in the tool bar (it looks like a funky blue
mountain range) so that data will be displayed in "time-line" format.
3. Select "Add Item..." from the Edit menu.
4. In the "Category" box, click 'WaveCenter/PCI Performance.' The list on
the right indicates which performance data can be displayed.
5. Select one or more items from the list and click 'OK.' The graphical
display adds the statistics you selected. You may also want to select
items from other parts of the system so you can correlate the
performance of WaveCenter/PCI with other CPU and disk activity.
The following list describes the available statistics.
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