Hands On Learning How to Use the Sysinternals Process Monitor Utility

The SoftGrid Team Blog - Process Monitor - Hands-On Labs and Examples

"Process Monitor is a troubleshooting and data collection tool used by many systems administrators as well as Microsoft’s support organization. The goal of this post is to help you gain hands-on experience using this valuable troubleshooting tool and subsequently to facilitate progress towards resolving virtualization issues with your apps should they be encountered.

Most of the content in this document consists of three troubleshooting examples that represent three common types of issues that you may encounter. The first example provides Process Monitor basics, including the critically important filtering capabilities of the tool. The two subsequent examples further utilize the techniques described in the first example. Please note that example two and three do not repeat detailed instructions that are presented in example one. In other words, don't skip example one.

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Installation Instructions and Launch Experience

You do not install Process Monitor. You simply download the zip file, extract the zip file contents (EULA.txt, procmon.chm, procmon.exe) to a folder of your choice, and double click on Procmon.exe to launch the too...

Troubleshooting Example 1 - Registry Settings Search

(Can be done on any OS that supports Process Monitor)

There are times when you want to identify where in the registry that application settings are stored. Knowing where in the registry this information is stored will allow you do things like scan all computers in the environment for a setting that should be in place...

Troubleshooting Example 2 – Registry Permissions

(Example must be done on a Vista machine)

Sometimes incorrect permissions on registry keys can prevent users from running an application or a utility. ...

Troubleshooting Example 3 – File Permissions

(Example must be done on a Vista machine)

Sometimes incorrect permissions on files can prevent users from running an application or a utility. ...

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This is a nice hands on walk through on getting started with the very cool Process Monitor utility...