Explore those Processes (Ctrl + Alt + Del) gives you a fair idea of what your 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 is running slowly or crashing. What you need is a freeware utility, called Process Explorer, developed by Sysinternals and now available for download from 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 is playing up give it a try, you’ll be surprised what it is getting up to…