diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index df4bdc7e53..0fa4ae4890 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.2.9
\ No newline at end of file
+3.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-COUNTERS.json b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-COUNTERS.json
index 7ca75e55c7..01c1377d17 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-COUNTERS.json
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-COUNTERS.json
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
                 "Counters10": "Memory=Faults/sec",
                 "Counters11": "Memory=(Page Reads/sec|Page Writes/sec|Pages/sec|Pages Input/sec|Pages Output/sec)",
                 "Counters12": "PhysicalDisk=\\(_Total\\)",
-                "Counters13": "Processor=\\(_Total\\)",
-                "Counters14": "Processor=\\([0-9,]+\\)\\\\% (C[0-9]+|Idle|Interrupt|Privileged|Processor|User) Time",
+                "Counters13": "Processor Information=\\(_Total\\)",
+                "Counters14": "Processor Information=\\([0-9,]+\\)\\\\% (C[0-9]+|Idle|Interrupt|Privileged|Processor|User) Time",
                 "Counters15": "System=.",
                 "Comments": "The counters defined are formatted as {category}={counter_match_expression}. The match expression is a regular expression to allow for handling variability of counters available on different systems. JSON content has eccentricities. Use 4-backslashes to represent a single backslash and 2-backslashes to represent a regular expression character escape."
             }
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-DEFAULT.json b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-DEFAULT.json
index e9fd7c9521..c6e10f0bb0 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-DEFAULT.json
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/MONITORS-DEFAULT.json
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@
                 "Counters10": "Memory=Faults/sec",
                 "Counters11": "Memory=(Page Reads/sec|Page Writes/sec|Pages/sec|Pages Input/sec|Pages Output/sec)",
                 "Counters12": "PhysicalDisk=\\(_Total\\)",
-                "Counters13": "Processor=\\(_Total\\)",
-                "Counters14": "Processor=\\([0-9,]+\\)\\\\% (C[0-9]+|Idle|Interrupt|Privileged|Processor|User) Time",
+                "Counters13": "Processor Information=\\(_Total\\)",
+                "Counters14": "Processor Information=\\([0-9,]+\\)\\\\% (C[0-9]+|Idle|Interrupt|Privileged|Processor|User) Time",
                 "Counters15": "System=.",
                 "Comments": "The counters defined are formatted as {category}={counter_match_expression}. The match expression is a regular expression to allow for handling variability of counters available on different systems. JSON content has eccentricities. Use 4-backslashes to represent a single backslash and 2-backslashes to represent a regular expression character escape."
             }
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs
index af9e1b54b4..c6cd631b83 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ public TimeSpan CounterDiscoveryInterval
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Defines the counter provider to use. Supported values: "Default" and "WMI".
-        /// When set to "Default", the monitor auto-selects WMI on systems with more than
-        /// 64 logical processors where the legacy .NET PerformanceCounter API fails.
-        /// When set to "WMI", the WMI provider is always used regardless of LP count.
+        /// When set to "Default" (or any value other than "WMI"), the .NET PerformanceCounter
+        /// API is used. When set to "WMI", the WMI provider is used. The provider is selected
+        /// strictly from this parameter; the monitor does not infer a provider from system
+        /// characteristics such as logical processor count.
         /// </summary>
         public string CounterProvider
         {
@@ -91,21 +92,14 @@ public string CounterProvider
         protected virtual string CounterProviderName => this.UseWmiProvider ? "WMI" : ".NET SDK";
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Returns true when the WMI provider should be used, based on the CounterProvider
-        /// parameter and the system's logical processor count.
+        /// Returns true only when the <see cref="CounterProvider"/> parameter is explicitly
+        /// set to "WMI". No implicit/automatic selection is performed.
         /// </summary>
         protected bool UseWmiProvider
         {
             get
             {
-                if (string.Equals(this.CounterProvider, "WMI", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-
-                // Auto-select WMI when the system has >64 logical processors.
-                // The legacy .NET PerformanceCounter API fails on these systems.
-                return Environment.ProcessorCount > 64;
+                return string.Equals(this.CounterProvider, "WMI", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsWmiPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsWmiPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs
index 3892edd8e6..786fde056f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsWmiPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/PerformanceCounters/WindowsWmiPerformanceCounterMonitor.cs
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ namespace VirtualClient.Monitors
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Monitor captures performance counters from Windows systems using WMI
-    /// (CimSession querying Win32_PerfFormattedData_* classes). Required on
-    /// bare-metal systems with more than 64 logical processors where the legacy
-    /// .NET PerformanceCounter API fails.
+    /// (CimSession querying Win32_PerfFormattedData_* classes). Opt-in alternative
+    /// to the default .NET PerformanceCounter API path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
     /// This subclass always uses the WMI provider regardless of the CounterProvider
-    /// parameter or logical processor count. It can be referenced directly in profiles
-    /// as an alternative to setting CounterProvider=WMI on the base class.
+    /// parameter. It can be referenced directly in profiles as an alternative to
+    /// setting CounterProvider=WMI on the base class.
     /// </remarks>
     public class WindowsWmiPerformanceCounterMonitor : WindowsPerformanceCounterMonitor
     {
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ public WindowsWmiPerformanceCounterMonitor(IServiceCollection dependencies, IDic
         protected override string CounterProviderName => "WMI";
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Always uses WMI for counter discovery, bypassing the auto-detection logic.
+        /// Always uses WMI for counter discovery.
         /// </summary>
         protected override void LoadCounters(EventContext telemetryContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {