Articles tagged: process explorer

Monitoring Your System with Resource Monitor

Here’s a helpful system resource tool that doesn’t get nearly the press it deserves.

Unexpected hard disk activity isn’t unusual. I’ll show you how to use a free monitoring tool to determine what program is causing it.

Use Process Explorer to identify windows or message boxes that appear without any obvious indicator of what program they’re from.

Microsoft has made these free tools easier to get and keep automatically updated.

Occasionally, one program uses all of your computer’s processing resources. Using Task Manager, it’s easy to figure out which program that is.