Those with read access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\Winreg
will have ablility to run performance monitor remotely.
Performance Monitor Tips:
Architecture, performance-monitoring architecture in Windows NT
4.0
Controlling remote access to
performance monitor
Perfmon.xla,
Diagnose performance problems with perfmon.xla
TCP, IP, ICMP, and UDP counters – enable