What's the best process list analyzer for Windows?

Post #314,067 by static 9/14/09 11:48:38 PM Reply	What's the best process list analyzer for Windows? My sister's Windows XP PC is in need of some TLC and I'm the first port of call. She is generally quite a good "client" and doesn't do dumb things, which is why I'm willing to help, but it is still Windows. (She needs to use several Adobe applications, so switching her to Linux is too big an ask.) Recently, it's been swapping something ferocious. This tends to upset Illustrator, especially when Photoshop is also running. Her anti-malware/virus-checker is AVG Free and is up-to-date so my normal approach would be to try to find what is eating up so much memory. So what sort of tools would the IGM recommend? Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #314,068 by Silverlock 9/15/09 12:04:38 AM Reply	Swap file too small? Otherwise--- Some decent utilities -- http://technet.micro...nals/default.aspx Get diskmon and filemon. Between those two you should find the culprit. Thread at annoyances.org covering this issue-- http://www.annoyance.../winxp/1090245247
Post #314,069 by Another Scott 9/15/09 12:04:49 AM Reply	Best? I dunno. I usually just do Ctrl-Alt-Delete, hit down-arrow until the Task Manager is selected, then look at the Process tab. Sorting by CPU or Mem Usage usally gives some indication of what's going on if something isn't right. There may be some magic that can be done with MS's various free SysInternals tools as well - e.g. http://technet.micro...als/bb896653.aspx I haven't tried it myself. There's also Registry Mechanic by PC Tools. ;-) The "System Information" -> Software Environment -> Running Tasks or Loaded Modules seems to give a lot more details. HTH a little. Cheers, Scott.
Post #314,178 by pwhysall 9/17/09 12:10:39 PM Reply	Re: What's the best process list analyzer for Windows? SysInternals Process Explorer. Accept no substitute.
Post #314,192 by altmann 9/17/09 3:59:44 PM Reply	Re: What's the best process list analyzer for Windows? ... or the command line alternative pslist (& pskill), when the malware you're trying to find actively tries to stop you from running Process Explorer, but doesn't know about pslist :) http://technet.micro...als/bb896682.aspx
Post #314,194 by pwhysall 9/17/09 4:12:50 PM Reply	Re: What's the best process list analyzer for Windows? Yes, those too are very good indeed.
Post #314,204 by mvitale 9/17/09 5:38:52 PM Reply	Too, eh? Speaking of the Empire..... -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #314,205 by pwhysall 9/17/09 5:51:47 PM Reply	Re: Too, eh? As in "in addition".
Post #314,208 by mvitale 9/17/09 6:03:59 PM Reply	I knows. Just saw that it could be read t'other way, and couldn't resist. ;-) -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #314,209 by pwhysall 9/17/09 6:25:40 PM Reply	Re: I knows. Bloody colonials. You lot were less trouble when you were all French, and that's saying something.
Post #314,179 by pwhysall 9/17/09 12:11:34 PM Reply	Also... A thousand Hail Marys for "...too big an ask". Ask is a verb. Bloody colonials. This is what happens post-Empire.
Post #314,181 by boxley 9/17/09 1:19:51 PM Reply	ah cmon he's from "tellin the memberin"
Post #314,212 by static 9/17/09 8:00:59 PM Reply	Ya gotta know the rules before ya can break 'em. :-) Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #314,218 by pwhysall 9/18/09 1:21:06 AM Reply	You'll be tasking people with things next... ...and then I shall have to call the police.
Post #314,242 by a6l6e6x 9/18/09 12:10:18 PM Reply	Besides, nouning verbs and verbing nouns is how a... language evolves and becomes richer! Talk the talk and walk the walk. N'est-ce pas? :) Alex
Post #314,215 by malraux 9/17/09 10:25:16 PM Reply	If verbing weirds language... ... what does nouning do? Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #314,220 by static 9/18/09 1:41:29 AM Reply	"Eventually we can make language ... ... a complete impediment to understanding." Pithy comment courtesy of a certain famous stuffed cartoon tiger. Oh and ICLRPD: If verbing wierds language... ... what does nouning do? Yeah, I know it's not in the right forum... :-P Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,024 by Ashton 10/4/09 6:08:06 AM Reply	Variation on that theme from a source lost in the mists -- Language was invented that men might better disguise their thoughts.

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