hi, in this video i show you how to monitor windows pc or windows server using PRTG
First you set up on the target Windows computer
In this video my target computer runs Windows 11 operating system
If your target computer runs Windows server operating system, you set up the same
If your target computer doesn't have a password yet, create a new one
I create a new password for the username Admin
Next I add the local user to the Distributed COM Users group
Then add the local user to the Performance Monitor Users group
Admin user has been added to both groups
I will use this user to monitor the target Windows computer. You do the same on the Windows server
Next you add the Admin user to WMI Control
The purpose here is to allow the Admin user to have access to the components that you can monitor
Here I choose Root\CIMV2
Then add the user and give the Excute Methods, Enable Account and Remote Enable permissions
You open the Run window and enter DCOMCNFG.exe
DCOMCNFG.exe
Next I set up Component Services for the target computer
You perform the steps as above
In the target computer properties I set the security as follows
I added the new user mentioned in the previous step
Then I gave Local Launch, Remote Launch and Remote Activation permissions to the user I just added
Next you allow another computer to monitor the target computer by allowing WMI to go through the firewall
You set up to allow Windows Management Instrumentation through the Windows operating system firewall
And lastly I recommend you to set up a static ip address for the target Windows computer
In this example I set the static ip address for the target Windows computer to 192.168.1.254
Then you write down information such as username, password and ip address of the target computer so that you can monitor it in the following steps
Next, restart your Windows computer for the settings to take effect
On another computer I install PRTG to monitor the target computer
You can install PRTG on Windows 10, Windows 11 or Windows Server
In this example I install PRTG on a computer running Windows 10
With PRTG you can monitor up to 100 sensors for free
I found that with 100 sensors is enough to monitor a Windows server
If you have more devices to monitor then you should probably consider the paid version
Installing PRTG on Windows operating system is quite simple, you just need to click Next a few times to complete
And here is the management page of the PRTG system after the installation is complete
Next I will add a new target Windows computer to this monitoring system
You give it any name that matches your target Windows computer
NNext you enter the ip address of the target Windows computer
My target Windows computer has ip address 192.168.1.254
Here you enter localhost
Next you provide the username and password of the target Windows computer
All this information was set up on the target Windows computer in the previous part of this video
Next I will add the sensors that I want to monitor
First I want to know how much free disk space is left
Next I monitor the CPU load
Then monitor the disk partitions on the target computer
Next is internal memory monitoring
There are many sensors you can monitor
For example, you can monitor ping continuously to a certain ip address
Here I monitor the target computer ping continuously to ip address 8.8.8.8 to know if internet connection is interrupted or not
Next I monitor the network traffic of the target Windows computer
Above are the basic sensors when you want to monitor a Windows computer
You can add more sensors if you want
With PRTG you can monitor the use of WMI or SNMP for Windows computers
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