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The Perfmon.exe process may continuously start and stop when you click the “Resource Monitor” button on a Windows Vista-based computer

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you click the Resource Monitor button. Then, the Performance Monitor (Perfmon.exe) process may continuously start and stop. Additionally, Windows Vista may stop responding.

Note: You click the Resource Monitor button to display the utilization details for the CPU, for memory, for the disk, and for the network.
Steps to reproduce the problem

  • You log on to a Windows Vista-based computer by using an account that has administrator credentials.
  • You disable the User Account Control (UAC) feature.
  • You log on to the Windows Vista-based computer on which UAC has been disabled. Additionally, you use an account that does not have administrator credentials.
  • On the Performance tab of the Windows Task Manager dialog box, you click the Resource Monitor button.
There is a download that resolves this issue. See Hotfixes for details. This issue is resolved in SP1.

For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: Microsoft KB Article KB937085.

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