Installation is a three-step process:
1. Prepare the machine you want to use to administer Performance Sentry.
Run the Setup program contained on the installation disk to install the Sentry Administration program on the Windows workstation or server you intend to use to administer Performance Sentry. Sentry Administration is used to define and activate performance Data Collection [...]

Easy as pie.
The standard installation package that we ship contains three separate Setup routines that can be run separately or together. One setup routine is used to install the Sentry Administration GUI which is used to administer NTSMF data collection. You can install as many copies of the Sentry Administration program as necessary to administer [...]

Problem:
Customers report the following messages generated by “Dmperfss” in the Application Event Log:
Event Type:           Warning
Event Source:       DMPerfss
Event Category:    Windows
Event ID:                1607
Date:                      1/13/2009
Time:                      1:00:00 AM
User:                      NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer:             HOU150NTAH3D396
Description:
Win32 exception, 0xC0000005, encountered at location 0×00000000
Read attempt at location 0×00000000
…
 
0×7C800000-0×7CB00000) C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
(0×7C8D0000-0×7E8CC000) C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
(0×7E020000-0×7E05C000) C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Stack Trace, Thread, mscoree.dll (1808):
The system error was “The instruction at “0x (0xC0000005)”.
 
The same error is [...]

OK, you asked for it. If you do not need to gather Module identification information, you can run the Performance Sentry collection service under a User Account. You can only set the Collection Service to run under a User Account manually using the Services Administrative Tool, which is illustrated below:

To function correctly, the User Account that [...]

Yes.
By design, the Performance Sentry Collection Service (dmperfss.exe) is installed to run under the built-in LocalSystem (SYSTEM) account. This built-in account, which most services use, has the authority to perform almost any internal function on the local machine. However, the LocalSystem account has no built-in facilities to access secure network resources, such as shared network [...]

No, to function properly the Performance Sentry collection service should be set up to run under the LocalSystem (or SYSTEM) account. The LocalSystem (or SYSTEM) account is a built-in account used by many services with an extraordinary level of privileges for accessing local system resources. These include privileges that cannot be granted to any User [...]