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how to configure a switch monitoring ?

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Views: 15479, on Sep 13, 2015 7:21:04 PM

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Windows Updates Status (Powershell) sensor is failing with error 0x80244007

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By Erhard Mikulik [Paessler Support]
Views: 15437, on Jul 25, 2016 2:13:52 PM

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How do you change the wmi user name and password?

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Views: 15401, on Mar 14, 2013 10:12:11 PM

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Instance(s) not found (code: PE236)

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Views: 15356, on Jul 24, 2017 7:14:52 AM

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Test notifications work, triggers do not

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Views: 15347, on Jul 25, 2013 5:24:24 PM

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I use a large number of SQL sensors, can I continue using the deprecated SQL sensors somehow?

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By David Fabian [Paessler Support] (50) ●3 ●1
Views: 15337, on Apr 14, 2016 9:57:01 AM

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PE233 & PE233 error

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Views: 15333, on Jun 12, 2018 8:54:07 AM

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Do you have documentation for Best Practices to configure groups, devices, sensors, etc.?

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Views: 15331, on Feb 25, 2010 12:45:10 AM

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How can I create a report about the notifications, alarms and downtime of a sensor?

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Views: 15331, on Aug 16, 2010 7:01:27 AM

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Access violation at address xxx in module 'PRTG Probe.exe'.

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Views: 15330, on Dec 4, 2012 12:43:37 PM

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Interval Delay WMI

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Views: 15328, on Oct 8, 2020 1:59:27 PM

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CSS changes to modify white background

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Views: 15324, on Feb 20, 2014 12:19:58 AM

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WMI consumes a large amount of memory on my Windows Server 2008 R2 – what can I do?

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By Gerald Schoch [Paessler Support]
Views: 15316, on Nov 30, 2012 2:07:02 PM

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SQL server sensors not working

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Views: 15315, on May 8, 2011 7:01:03 AM

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Monitoring EMC VNX 5200

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Views: 15314, on Jun 3, 2014 8:39:54 AM