You can replace the Windows Task Manager with ProcExp by selecting ( Options > Replace Task Manager) ProcExp is Task Manager on Steroids! As the name suggests the simple yet advanced tool provides everything every detail about the processor, DLLs open and active…Some of the operations that Process Explorer handles will provide a list of all processes and DLLs, see which process has a lock on which file or folder, kill or “suspend” processes, set priority, check signatures or Virustotal, accurate heat maps about CPU, memory and I/O usage, a tree view to show processes and their dependencies, etc.

This should be one your top three tools, the ease of managing devices, services and software is incredible. It is a command line utility, providing a great deal of flexibility allowing you to remotely execute a process on systems, its light-weight and and robust. PSExec, is one of the first tools I started out with from the PSTools suite.

You can download the Sysinterals straight from the \ ools, not only can you download them directly but you can also run the tools from the site. When I am asked the same question, my normal responses are below: TIP When collaborating with someone new, one of my first questions is typically which SysInternal utilitiy do you use most often? This provides me with a sense of how much more information I can gather to isolate and resolve a problem when collaborating on an issue with a colleague. PSTools, now better known as SysInternals are free, portable and widely used by IT professionals as they are much more powerful than the built-in Windows tools. If you are not familiar with the suite of 157 tools, you owe it to yourself and your users to know at least the below: What Exactly are the Suite of Windows SysInternals Tools? However, Microsoft Windows also has a suite of free utilities, SysInternals, which provides the best configuration, troubleshooting, and diagnostic tools, that are easy and intuitive.

If you are a long time Windows system admin, you should be familiar with the useful built-in administrative tools Task Manager, Resource Monitor or Windows Memory Diagnostics, just to name a few.

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