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15 votes

How can I propose new features or sensors for PRTG?

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By Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]
Views: 36096, on Apr 30, 2018 7:55:52 AM

9 votes

My WMI sensors don't work. What can I do?

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By Volker Uffelmann [Paessler Support]
Views: 512596, on Feb 19, 2010 9:28:24 AM

6 votes

How can I speed up PRTG—especially for large installations?

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By Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]
Views: 194991, on Mar 19, 2010 12:24:20 PM

4 votes

How can I use the PRTG Application Programming Interface (API)?

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By Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]
Views: 245599, on Feb 5, 2010 2:47:46 PM

4 votes

How and where does PRTG store its data?

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By Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]
Views: 530116, on Feb 3, 2010 1:25:56 PM

2 votes

I run PRTG on VMware. How can I obtain best performance?

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By Gerald Schoch [Paessler Support]
Views: 147431, on Mar 18, 2013 3:03:05 PM

2 votes

How can I move or migrate my PRTG installation to a different system or server?

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By Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]
Views: 459471, on Feb 3, 2010 10:44:44 AM

0 votes

Assistance with installation, licensing, activation, and login

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By Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]
Views: 33460, on Apr 13, 2010 8:51:49 AM

0 votes

What is the Active Flow Timeout in Flow sensors?

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By Gerald Schoch [Paessler Support]
Views: 115939, on Oct 7, 2015 5:09:31 PM

0 votes

After updating to PRTG 20.1.55, my Python Script Advanced sensors are down

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By Florian Weik (1,927) ●2 ●2
Views: 8673, on Feb 20, 2020 2:11:11 PM

0 votes

How to set up the SQL v2 sensors in PRTG? Is there a guide?

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By Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]
Views: 71107, on Aug 1, 2016 11:25:52 AM

0 votes

Value interpretation (aka Lookups)

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By marcoliewerenz (0) ●1
Views: 15979, on Aug 1, 2016 3:10:36 AM

0 votes

What is a "sensor" in PRTG?

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By Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]
Views: 124854, on Mar 6, 2012 2:00:24 PM

0 votes

My Windows sensors do not work when using direct performance counter access. What can I do?

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By Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]
Views: 69331, on Feb 7, 2013 3:18:01 PM

0 votes

Is there an FAQ for the Paessler Knowledge Base?

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By Dirk Paessler [Founder Paessler AG] (11,025) ●3 ●6
Views: 323383, on Jan 26, 2010 5:11:33 PM