# Monitoring Process in Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-process-in-windows/285291>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-agent\
**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-process-in-windows/285291 "2021-09-27T23:49:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-process-in-windows/285291/3 "2021-09-28T01:46:18Z")

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Hi @bevano

Perhaps take a look at this thread I think I gave some examples

> [@Metricbeat doesn't recognize the process](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-doesnt-recognize-the-process/263176/2):
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> Hi @xyz2 So what may be happening is that you are using the default system.yml (system module) see with the defaults for the p[rocess metric set](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-metricset-system-process.html) so you are probably using the Top N settings and sometimes the process you are looking for is in the Top 5 other times it is not - module: system period: 10s metricsets: - cpu - load - memory - network - process - process\_summary - socket\_summary #- entropy #- core #- diskio #- socket #- service #…

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