http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspxI recently came across a very interesting profiling tool that is available in Vista SP1 and Server 08 called the Windows Performance Analyzer. You can use this tool to profile and diagnose different kinds of symptoms that the machine is experiencing.en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#9991078Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:27:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9991078aqua<P>Is there a way we can log per function execution time also using xperf ?</P> <DIV class=commentowner>[ Using XPerf and the Sampled Profile event (i.e. xperf –on Stackwalk -Profile) and stack traces one can approximate the relative length of time in a particular function but it does not flag start/stop times for function entry and exit. -Tate ]</DIV><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9991078" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#9450297Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:49:05 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9450297mvpmagazine.net<p>Windows Performance Analyzer Xperf</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9450297" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#9450294Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:47:53 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9450294mvpmagazine.net<p>Windows Performance Analyzer Xperf</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9450294" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#8593530Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:12:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8593530Jay Patel<p>Great Windows Performance Toolkit - Xperf article, it helped us to narrow down an issue on a Windows 2003 Server (high CPU usage all the time).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8593530" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#8414648Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:07:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8414648OneNote Testing<p>I have been very happy with my tablet once I scanned my fingerprint to &amp;quot;calm down&amp;quot; the fingerprint</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8414648" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#8396608Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:23:19 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8396608John<p>yep - similar to kernrate. &nbsp;Also, I could not get symbols to load with this tool, although they work with windbg and VS2008.</p> <p>John</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8396608" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#8375185Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:32:38 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8375185Abbas<p>This reminds me of kernrate . . </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8375185" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#8359294Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:19:22 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8359294gOODiDEA<p>.NETFrameworkDesignStudioPublishedCountingProcessorsin.NET:TheProsandConsofFiveDif...</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8359294" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#8359286Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:17:23 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8359286gOODiDEA.NET<p>.NET Framework Design Studio Published Counting Processors in .NET: The Pros and Cons of Five Different</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8359286" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/04/03/windows-performance-toolkit-xperf.aspx#8357351Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:02:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8357351Ray Kinsella<p>Great article - didn't know about this tool, had written my own in mixed mode assemblies. This looks cool though - kudos.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8357351" width="1" height="1">