Perfmon remote connection failing between two w7 pc’s

The key was to use the runas command in an elevated permissions command prompt using a login associated with the domain where the servers I want to monitor reside. The command is as follows:

runas /netonly /user:domain\username "mmc"

I run mmc and add the perfmon snap in rather than running perfmon so I can save my settings (I am pretty disapointed this can't be done directly through perfmon). After I have my settings saved I use this command to open those settings:

runas /netonly /user:domain\username "mmc \somepath\savesettings.msc"

This is a firewall issue and a permissions issue. I had the same problem trying to monitor a slow server remotely from a workstation. Solution is:

1. Enable Performance Logging on the inbound firewall rules of the remote computer.
2. Add yourself to the Performance Log Users group on the remote computer.
3. Add yourself to the Event Log Readers group on the remote computer.