System - Task Managers (18)

Process Monitor displays both file system and registry activities in real-time, combining the features of FileMon and RegMon. Additional features includes live changes (autoscroll), non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, file logging etc.

Alternatively, Process Monitor Portable is also available, which is stealth.

ProcessKO is a small useful tool designed to quickly kill any running or hanging process / program.

Process Explorer is an advanced task manager. It is an indispensable tool for both beginners and power users. I use it all the time to kill tasks that refuse to be killed, or find what which processes are still holding on to a particular file or DLL so it refuses to be deleted.

Alternatively, Process Explorer Portable is also available, which is stealth.

DTaskManager adds additional features above Windows' native Task Manager including batch termination and control over even protected system processes. The program can suspend and reactivate processes (useful for effectively "pausing" a program without closing) as well as automatically managing process priority. When ending a program, three different ways are available to kill a processes, including End, Quit, Kill and Kill Process Override for even increasingly stubborn programs.

Note: To save settings check "Save on exit" under the "Options" menu.

SuperF4 allows users to kill the foreground program when the key combination Ctrl+Alt+F4 is pressed. This is different from programs that respond to Windows' normal "close" hotkey Alt+F4, which only asks the foreground program to exit. This is important because many programs don't cooperate with a close request due to a bug, nag screens, or other issues.

Additionally, you can also kill a process by pressing Win+F4 and then clicking the window you wish to kill with your mouse. This mode behaves like xkill for GNU/Linux, BSD etc.

System Explorer is a tool for accessing a variety of system internals. It can also be used as a Task Manager replacement with detailed information about processes, startup entries, explorer/IE add-ons, uninstallers, services, drivers, connections, opened files etc. It has a registry/file snapshot feature so that changes to the system can be computed and displayed in tree view or text list format. It also has a processes security tool that checks your processes against an online database.

Alternatively, System Explorer Portable is available.

Process Hacker is a feature-packed tool for manipulating processes and services on your computer. Includes a simple, customized tree view, detailed performance graphs, list of network connections, comprehensive process list (including hidden), full control over processes, rootkit termination, and DLL controls.

Alternatively, Process Hacker Portable is stealth.

DBC Task Manager provides a tabbed interface for usage statistics and system management. Views can be customized, minimized, and tweaked to user needs. The program shows a histogram of CPU, memory, disk, and network activity, as well as an interface for services and startup programs.

The program is similar to Windows 8 task manager, but can run on Windows 7. A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).

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Daphne is a task manager replacement with a variety of extra features. It displays a list of currently running process with detailed information about: CPU usage, Process ID, Process name, Full path (and arguments), Priority, Class (Process / Service), Current memory usage, Peek memory usage, Current swap usage, Peek swap usage and Number of threads.

Additionally, the program has a crosshair that can be dragged onto existing windows to Find, Kill, put on top, change transparrency, and even enable/disable. A "trap" feature lets you modify or prioritize processes whenever they appear.

Alternatively, Daphne Portable is also available

Svchost Process Analyzer lists all svchost instances and checks the services they contain. Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for Windows services that run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). The authentic svchost.exe is located in C:\Windows\System32, but numerous viruses and trojans use the same file and process name to hide their activities. Svchost Process Analyzer makes it easy to uncover Svchost worms like the infamous Conficker worm.

Task Killer will quickly terminates applications, processes, Windows services, etc. Simply click on the Task Killer icon and select the application / process / service from the menu list. The program features customizable hot-keys (global), command-line support, and a "Smart Kill" mode with a safer way to kill a program than the standard Task Manager.

Languages: Catalan, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Èesky, Deutsch, Français, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.

PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process, it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL, it displays full path and version information.

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Windows 9x/Me users: Performance and monitoring-related functionality are not available.

a-squared HiJackFree allows you to view and edit the configured autoruns, list explorer/browser add-ons, look at installed services, view all currently opened ports, and list all running processes. It helps in the detection and removal of all types of spyware, adware, trojans and worms.

THG Task Assignment Manager is an invaluable utility for anyone with a multi-processor or multi-core computer. It allows you to increase the speed of your computer by configuring certain tasks to individual processors. Known as "affinity," this will save your program settings and maintain profiles of them in the future. This has many benefits including:

• Keeping one program from using all your system resources
• Increasing speed to two or more programs that aren't optimized for multi-processor systems
• Helping run some games that require a correct affinity setting to run properly

Advanced Process Manipulation (APM) is an advanced process/module viewer and manipulation utility that allows particular control over target processes by becoming a part of them. APM attaches a part of itself to the target process and once 'inside', APM is free to perform actions on its behalf (e.g.: determining which ports are in use, un/loading DLLs into the target process, allowing you to make plugins for virtually any program...)

Faber Toys provides views of internal system activity including an audit of Processes (including dependencies), AutoRuns (including access to Registry etc), File Analysis (including e.g. PE analysis, imported modules, functions exported), Program Aliases and a hierarchical view of existing windows. The program can export information in XHTML, HTML or TXT format, and enables process priority modification, process kill, auto-refresh with custom interval, and Highlight Services (NT only).

Regmon is a registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your registry, which keys they are accessing, and the registry data that they are reading and writing - all in real-time. This advanced utility takes you one step beyond what static registry tools can do, to let you see and understand exactly how programs use the registry.

Note that Vista and above are encouraged to use Process Monitor.

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