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Best Free Process Viewer

Ever get suspicious about what is running on your computer?  A process viewer will answer that question.  Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete (don’t do this on Windows ME and earlier) will bring up the task manager built into Windows, but there are many third party alternatives that provide more functionality and information.

I have been using “What’s Running,” a piece of freeware recommended at Gizmo’s Tech Support Alert. There you can read more about “What’s Running” and another suggested process viewer. Several times, as my computer slowed to a crawl, I was able to start-up “What’s Running” and there I could see what was consuming all the CPU time.  Of course, if your computer is running slow, you might want to stretch your legs as you wait for the program to start running.