Microsoft KB Archive/935071

= How to prevent Insight for Active Directory from monitoring additional applications =

Article ID: 935071

Article Last Modified on 7/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Winternals Administrator's Pak 5.0

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SUMMARY
By default, Insight for Active Directory does not monitor certain debugging environments to avoid possible application failure. Insight for Active Directory also does not monitor AD Explorer to reduce clutter in the Insight for Active Directory display.

To prevent Insight for Active Directory from monitoring additional applications, you can change the value of ExclusionList registry entry in the registry. However, we recommend that you use the Active Directory Event Filter to hide processes under most circumstances. Use the method that is described in this article to modify the registry only when it is necessary.

Note Insight for Active Directory and AD Explorer are components of Winternals Administrator's Pak.



MORE INFORMATION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To change the value of ExclusionList registry entry in the registry, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate the following registry entry, and then right-click it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Winternals\Insight for Active Directory\ExclusionList

 Click Modify, add the application that you want exclude to the Value data box, and then click OK.

Note The default values in the Value data box represent the following applications:  Msdev.exe (Microsoft Visual Studio Developer IDE) Delphi32.exe (Delphi ADE) Devenv.exe (Microsoft Interdev environment) Adexp.exe (Winternals AD Explorer)</li></ul> </li> Exit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

When you reduce the number of applications that are monitored, you will also reduce overhead for the system and for the network. When you reduce the number of applications that are monitored, you also reduce clutter in the Insight for Active Directory display. Additionally, you may find it useful to document the applications that Insight for Active Directory is no longer monitoring.

Additional query words: Winternals 30174 processes monitored Insight Active Directory AD

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