Running Processes

[Eve]

I found this site in the Langa newsletter - its very comprehensive and very easy to navigate.

To identify which process
is running, what it's function is used for, and if it would
safe to close down or remove. You can also insert .dll file
names ie kernel32.dll to find out what role it plays on your PC
if you don't happen to know.

http://www.processlibrary.com/

[Ranger Bob]

Here is a good program called Process Explorer that does much the same thing. I have had it installed for quiet awhile and like it a lot.


Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml