The standard Performance Monitor that has been around since the NT 4.0 days has been continued through the life of the subsequent operating systems. There are some programs that can be used to make take the performance monitor operation from the Windows7 system. There are two other programs that we will look at that can be placed on the taskbar to do that performance check.
The first one is TaskBar Meter. It is simple to download and when extracted it will present three programs. One is the Disk IO Meter. It is designed to measure IO operations of the hard drive.
Disk IO Meter
The Memory Meter
TaskBar Memory Meter
CPU Meter
Taskbar CPU Meter
When you execute the program, the icons will be placed on the task bar. The programs are designed to access operations, and display when the hardware device is maxing out.
The next program is SuperBarMonitor. It has five different performance monitors: Battery, CPU, Disk, Memory, and Volume.
SuperbarMonitor-Battery-Status
Battery – Options
SuperbarMonitor-Battery-Options
CPU-Status
SuperbarMonitor - CPU - Status
CPU – Options
SuperbarMonitor - CPU - Options
Disk-Status
SuperbarMonitor - Disk - Status
Disk – Options
SuperbarMonitor - Disk - Options
Memory – Status
SuperbarMonitor - Memory - Status
Memory – Options
SuperbarMonitor - Memory - Options
Volume – Status
SuperbarMonitor - Volume - Status
Volume – Status
SuperbarMonitor - Volume - Options
Like the TaskBarMeters program, when the programs are launched they can be minimized into the taskbar.
The Task Bar Icons
Source:
SuperMonitor – Volume can be downloaded here. SuperMonitor – Battery can be downloaded here. SuperMonitor – CPU can be downloaded here. SuperMonitor – Memory can be downloaded here.
SuperMonitor – Disk can be downloaded here.
