Recording for Basic System Diagnosis
Applies To: Windows 8, Windows 8.1
By default, Windows® Performance Recorder (WPR) runs the General profile for every recording. This profile records basic system issues and performance data.
In this article:
General Profile Settings
Identify Sustained Performance Issues
Identify Transient Performance Issues
General Profile Settings
The General profile uses the following collectors:
NT Kernel Logger Collector
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
Buffer Size (KB) |
1024 |
Number of Buffers |
198 |
System Keywords |
CpuConfig, CSwitch, DiskIO, DPC, HardFaults, Interrupt, KernelQueue, Loader, MemoryInfo, ProcessCounter, Power, ProcessThread, ReadyThread, SampledProfile, ThreadPriority |
WPR_initiated_WPR Event Collector
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
Buffer Size (KB) |
1024 |
Number of Buffers |
39 |
Providers |
PerfTrack: : 0x04 Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell: 0x0000000000100000: 0x04 Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power: 0x0000000000000004: 0xff Microsoft-Windows-Win32k: 0x0000000000402000: 0xff Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig: 0x0000000000000200: 0xff .NET Common Language Runtime: 0x0000000000000098: 0x05 Microsoft-JScript: 0x0000000000000001: 0xff e7ef96be-969f-414f-97d7-3ddb7b558ccc: 0x0000000000002000: 0xff MUI Resource Trace: : 0xff Microsoft-Windows-COMRuntime: 0x0000000000000003: 0xff Microsoft-Windows-Networking-Correlation: : 0xff Microsoft-Windows-RPCSS: : 0x04 Microsoft-Windows-RPC: : 0x04 a669021c-c450-4609-a035-5af59af4df18: : 0x00 Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Processor-Power: : 0xff Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-StoreMgr: : 0xff e7ef96be-969f-414f-97d7-3ddb7b558ccc: : 0xff Microsoft-Windows-UserModePowerService: : 0xff Microsoft-Windows-Win32k: : 0xff Microsoft-Windows-ReadyBoostDriver: : 0xff |
For more information about collectors and providers, see Collectors and Providers.
Identify Sustained Performance Issues
To identify sustained performance issues, you can run the General profile together with the other default settings. These are: Verbose logging detail and log to Memory. After you start the recording in WPR, it will persist until you stop and save the recording.
Identify Transient Performance Issues
Because you cannot predict when transient performance issues will occur, you must run the General profile until the issue transpires.
To identify transient performance issues
On the WPR screen, if the options are hidden, click More options.
From the Performance scenarios dropdown menu, select General.
From the Logging mode dropdown menu, select Memory.
Click Start and run the recording until the issue occurs.
Click Save, and then click Browse to save the file by using a name or a location other than the default. The default location is the \Users\%username%\Documents\WPR Files folder on the system drive.
Enter a problem description.
Click Save.