Explore those Processes
Posted by Jason on
November 12, 2007
Windows Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt + Del) gives you a fair idea of what your computer is up to but it’s only a cursory snapshot, it tells you what programs are running, but not much about what they are doing, and this could be worth knowing if your PC is running slowly or crashing. What you need is a freeware utility, called Process Explorer, developed by Sysinternals and now available for download from Microsoft TechNet. It runs on just about any version of Windows, from 95 onwards, and it is highly configurable, and shows scores of different things going on behind the scenes. If your PC is playing up give it a try, you’ll be surprised what it is getting up to…
