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Difficulty: MediumWindows Administrative and System Management Tools

A systems technician needs to log long-term CPU utilization data on a Windows 11 Pro workstation to troubleshoot intermittent slowdowns. Place the steps required to build and run a custom Performance Counter Data Collector Set in Windows Performance Monitor in the correct order.

  1. 1Open Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) with administrative privileges.
  2. 2Expand Data Collector Sets, right-click User Defined, and select New > Data Collector Set.
  3. 3Name the set, select Create manually (Advanced), and choose Performance counter data log.
  4. 4Add the Processor \ % Processor Time counter and configure the sample interval.
  5. 5Complete the wizard, right-click the new Data Collector Set, and select Start.

Answer

The correct order is: 1. Open Performance Monitor with administrative privileges. 2. Expand Data Collector Sets, right-click User Defined, and select New > Data Collector Set. 3. Name the set, select Create manually (Advanced), and choose Performance counter data log. 4. Add the Processor \ % Processor Time counter and configure the sample interval. 5. Complete the wizard, right-click the new Data Collector Set, and select Start.
To create a custom performance tracking log in Windows, an administrator must first open Performance Monitor with elevated rights. Next, navigate to Data Collector Sets > User Defined to initiate a new set. Choosing manual creation allows the administrator to specify a Performance counter data log, select the desired counters (such as Processor \ % Processor Time) and sample interval, and finally complete the wizard and start the collector set.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Launch perfmon.msc with administrative privileges.
Performance Monitor opens with permissions to create administrative logging tasks.
Creating system data collector sets requires elevated permissions.
2
Navigate to Data Collector Sets > User Defined and initiate a new set.
The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard opens.
User Defined is the standard repository for custom administrator-created logs.
3
Select manual creation and set the type to Performance counter data log.
The wizard transitions to the performance counter selection page.
Manual configuration ensures custom counters rather than template defaults are configured.
4
Select the Processor object's % Processor Time counter and define the sampling frequency.
The specific metric and sampling interval are attached to the collector set.
This establishes which system resource metrics will be monitored.
5
Finish the wizard and explicitly start the collector set.
Performance Monitor begins collecting and writing metric data to disk.
Data collection does not start automatically upon finishing wizard creation.

Key Concept

Creating and starting custom Performance Counter Data Collector Sets in Windows Performance Monitor.
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Windows Administrative and System Management Tools

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