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Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Windows PowerShell to collect processor information, but I do not need to see the raw data. I would rather see calculated results such as the maximum, minimum, and average processor utilization. I know I can do this, but that seems like writing a lot of math formulas, and I just am not in the mood for ...

I would like to determine the average processor utilization for my computer over a certain period of time. If I could run this remotely, it would be even better. Can this be done?- MP Hi MP, We can certainly do this. In fact, it can be done both locally and remotely. But you do need to be careful of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. There ar...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I really like using the Microsoft Performance Monitor (PerfMon) tool to examine the various things in Windows Server, but I would like to have more control over the data that it retrieves. I am never sure what it is actually telling me, or how it makes its calculations. Does this make sense?- SK Hi SK, There are lots of perfo...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I came into work this morning and my computer was running, and it was logged in. Of course I have a locking screen saver, and the screen was locked, but I am positive that I logged out and shut down my computer last night before I went home. Now I am wondering if someone logged into my computer. I know about the security log...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I think I might have a problem on my server. When I go into Task Manager, all the processes that are eating up the most CPU time and the most memory are the stupid svchost.exe process. I know this is the Service Host process and that it is being used by multiple services, but how can I know what is really going on in there?- ...