The Windows Task Manager is great for a first quick glance at the running processes and applications but it lacks functionality that is needed as well. If you wanted to check why an application or process is running you would have to check the startup settings which are not accessible in the task manager. This would mean to either look in the Windows Registry and open a system tool like msconfig or open a third party application like Autoruns from Sysinternals.
Task Manager Replacement
Posted by Martin in Operating Systems, Tools, Windows, software TAGS in Operating Systems, Tools, Windows, software15
Mar
Check Exe Files on Your Computer
Posted by Cheryl in Advice, Security, Windows TAGS in Advice, Security, Windows21
Feb
If you ever open up your task manager and navigate to the processes tab, you will see a bunch of entries with the extension ‘exe’. While entries with application names on them tell you exactly what they are, you will also find entries with names that have no real identifying characteristics.
Let’s say you’re curious to [...]
Kill Tasks from the System Tray
Posted by Martin in Knowledge, Operating Systems, Windows TAGS in Knowledge, Operating Systems, Windows13
Nov
Task Killer is a small but very useful Windows software which places a small icon in the system tray. Clicking that icon reveals all running processes, open windows and services in an easy to use interface. The processes give details about memory usage and name of course.
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Sep
You see lots of processes when you start your taskmanager, svhost.exe, csrss.exe, winlogon.exe and many more. A user who never dealt with those executables before has a hard time figuring out which are safe and which could be malicious because normally you can’t say which program is using those files. A question like “Is svhost.exe a virus, is it safe ?” is normal and can be answered using the methods described below.
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