June 12, 2004

Looking up TaskManager processes

Wouldn't it be useful if Windows TaskMgr was able to indicate and/or display information on what each process was? I do this by hand now. When I go to someone's machine and see a process I'm not sure of, I search google to see what it is. Is it spyware? A standard Windows service? Or some other app? Maybe Microsoft couldn't provide the service itself, but could the OS provide a standard interface for it?

Posted by Loren at June 12, 2004 05:04 PM
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I use the nearly defacto standard Process Explorer from www.SysInternals.com to give me a good idea what things are. Then google if the information I needed wasn't there

Posted by: thadk on June 12, 2004 06:23 PM

Thanks. Now that I think about it, it's interesting that I grab for Google first. I guess I'm a googler at heart.

Posted by: Loren on June 13, 2004 09:44 AM

I generally browse to http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php.
this, i guess, is being maintained by an individual. i found it useful. may be u would as well :).

and ofcourse, i google too. :-) (who doesn't?)

Posted by: Sri on June 14, 2004 10:22 AM
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