--- title: "SysMon logs everything Task Manager misses, and it's now built into Windows 11 for free" url: https://daily.dev/posts/sysmon-logs-everything-task-manager-misses-and-it-s-now-built-into-windows-11-for-free-td7qntnzr source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/sysmon-logs-everything-task-manager-misses-built-into-windows-11-free type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-29T16:35:02.399Z updated: 2026-06-29T16:35:24.695Z tags: ["security", "windows"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SysMon logs everything Task Manager misses, and it's now built into Windows 11 for free **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SysMon, the powerful system monitoring tool from Microsoft's SysInternals suite, is now built directly into Windows 11 and can be enabled without a separate download. Unlike Task Manager, which only shows real-time running processes, SysMon installs as a low-level driver that logs nearly everything: process starts/stops, driver loads, raw disk access, file timestamp modifications, and network connections with IP and port details. Events are viewable in Windows Event Viewer under Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Sysmon > Operational. To enable it, turn on the Windows feature via 'Turn Windows features on or off', then run 'sysmon -i' in a terminal to install the driver. It's especially valuable for IT admins and security-conscious users tracking potential malware activity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft is quietly building Sysmon into Windows 11, and power users should be paying attention](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-quietly-building-sysmon-into-windows-11-and-power-users-should-be-paying-attention-41v28sbnx) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft does something useful, adds Sysmon to Windows](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-does-something-useful-adds-sysmon-to-windows-ctxnh0vfu) · The Register · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [microsoft/ProcMon-for-Linux: A Linux version of the Procmon Sysinternals tool](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-procmon-for-linux-a-linux-version-of-the-procmon-sysinternals-tool-kxal6ez7a) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sysmon-logs-everything-task-manager-misses-and-it-s-now-built-into-windows-11-for-free-td7qntnzr)