When I was running Windows 98 SE, I used System Monitor to keep track of
several things on my computer. I used it in text mode, always on top
and I moved it almost off the right side of my screen. I could just
glance at the right side of the screen to see things like: network
download and upload speed, disk cache size, free memory, swapfile size,
swapfile in use, etc. One thing I liked about it was that it would
automatically change from bytes to kilobytes to megabytes as needed.
The System Monitor program that comes with XP does not look as if it can
be used that way. Is there a freeware program, or an inexpensive
shareware program that can do what I want? Thank you in advance for all
replies.
AnalogX NetStat Live
"AnalogX NetStat Live (NSL)! NSL is a small, easy to use TCP/IP protocol
monitor which can be used to see your exact throughput on both incoming
and outgoing data - whether you're using a modem, cable modem, DSL, or
even local network! NSL doesn't just stop there, it lets you see how
quickly your data goes from your computer to another computer on the
internet; it even will tell you how many other computers your data must
go through to get there! But wait - there's more! NSL also graphs your
CPU usage of your system! This can be especially useful in identifying if
your computer is what's slowing things down, or if it's your internet
connection."
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm
AND
TinyResMeter
"TinyResMeter is a small tool that display useful realtime system
resources informations, but it also give much more details thru context
menu when you right-click over displayed fields !
BONUS build-in function that redirect the original PrintScreen key and
make it save screenshots into .BMP files with automatic file renaming.
Press PrintScreen as many times as you want, and you'll get instant
screenshots files you can work later on...
A Professionnal version is under construction and will monitor, alert,
and make statitics about Services/Processes usage
(CPU/RAM/Resources/Alive). Powerfull tool for Servers and Desktop
machines monitoring, it will be able to remote send notify/alerts to
Administrators.
Download TinyResMeter it's only ~100KB, no EXE-compression cheating, no
install needed, just download and launch.
The use of KOL Delphi library and direct API programming permitted such
small code size."
http://pesoft.fr.st/
http://perso.accelance.net/~pesoft/trm/us_trm.html
AND
Samurize
"Are you an IT professional, an overclocker, a gamer or a desktop modder?
If so, you've come to the right place. Samurize provides all the
information you need about all your computers in one central location on
your desktop. Skinnable and customizable, Samurize features a script and
plugin system which allows you to add the information you want, when you
want it.
Some examples of information that Samurize can provide right on your
desktop are: CPU Usage, Disk utilization, Network traffic, System
temperatures, Top processes, Memory information, WMI classes and much
much more..."
http://www.samurize.com/modules/news/
http://www.samurize.com/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=1
This takes one is a little less user freindly.
AND
StatBar
"StatBar is a freeware system status bar which provides a handy, orderly
overview of your system's condition. StatBar comes with 6 different color
schemes and 19 information modules, allowing you to monitor and control
various aspects of your system. This includes memory, CPU and disk
usages, system uptime, Winamp control, network throughput, Internet time
synchronization, and more. It features a built-in update check as well,
which can download and install the latest version for you."
http://www.statbar.nl/
Regards
Wayne D
