identifying 'heavy' programs

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  1. mr mister

    mr mister Registered Member

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    i am looking for a program to tell me the amount of resources that various programs are consuming
    sometimes my computers gets very slow,so i want to find the culprit program/s
    i want to try and get rid of programs which are too heavy or swap them with lighter alternatives,but first i have to identify these heavy programs
    how do i do this?

    thank you.
     
  2. bigc73542

    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    which OS are you running??
     
  3. mr mister

    mr mister Registered Member

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    windows xp
     
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    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    I was hoping it was Vista. It has been long enough since I have used XP I actually don't remember exactlly how to get to the app to see the resource usage. Vista is easy but I will have to think a bit and will post back.
     
  5. HURST

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    I think Tune-Up Utilities has a module to find memory and space hogs.
    There must be other programs as well.
     
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  7. Seer

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    Guys,

    am I missing something? What's wrong with the native Task Manager?

    If you want something more comprehensive, then Process Explorer will do the job.

    Opened Files View, NTFSRatio and such will tell you nohing on resources...
     
  8. JRViejo

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    I agree with Seer and I would add to insure that Peak Memory Usage is selected via Task Manager's View > Select Columns so that it appears on the Processes window. That column is critical in finding out who's the memory hog.
     
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    The default taskmanager should be fine. Just go to the 'processes' column then click on 'view' then 'select columns' and you can view whatever info you need.
     
  11. lodore

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    process explorer,task manager or windows powershell.
    in windows power shell use get-process for all processes
    or for just one process type the get-process (insert process here) or use a wild card such as w* or *w
     
  12. Baldrick

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    Process Explorer without a doubt. Used it in just such a case and it did the trick, ie, identified the culprits.:D
     
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    Agree totally. Process Explorer is superb -- small, stable, efficient, secure -- plus it is developed & issued by Mark Russinovich in conjunction with a subsidiary-domain of MS itself.

    IMO, one should be very cautious about allowing free access to your hard drives by applications such as those mentioned in post #6.
     
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    Hello Bellgamin,

    WHY is your comment on the applications of post #6:rolleyes: ?

    Thank you for your answer ...:cool:
     
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