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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:18 pm
Post subject: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility?
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I'm looking for one that reflects the memory used by each active process.
My Avast AV program seems to be a memory hog, and I have a feeling that my
Win 2000 task manager (and Win XP on another machine) don't tell the whole
story. I have 384 mg ram installed and I'm constantly down to about 175 mg
free.
The MS beta anti-spyware seems to be quite a memory hog, too. |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:20 pm
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:20 pm
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:16 pm
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Ernie B. <ernie-baresch_REMOVE_.DeleteThis@att._THIS_net> wrote in
news:MPG.1c93b454b40c5a4398a5ab@204.127.36.1:
> Have you considered activating the Performance Monitor? I keep it on
> the task bar, monitor memory use, %processor time, upload and
> download kb/sec, etc.
I would if I could find it in system tools. Is this something that doesn't
load as a default, and you have to go back to your OS disk and load it?
Right now, I'm using Sysinternals Process Exp which is probaby a front end
to it. >> Stay informed about: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility? |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:16 pm
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Ernie B. <ernie-baresch_REMOVE_.RemoveThis@att._THIS_net> wrote in
news:MPG.1c93b454b40c5a4398a5ab@204.127.36.1:
> Have you considered activating the Performance Monitor? I keep it on
> the task bar, monitor memory use, %processor time, upload and
> download kb/sec, etc.
I would if I could find it in system tools. Is this something that doesn't
load as a default, and you have to go back to your OS disk and load it?
Right now, I'm using Sysinternals Process Exp which is probaby a front end
to it. >> Stay informed about: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility? |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:39 pm
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:39 pm
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:07 pm
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Ernie B. <ernie-baresch_REMOVE_.TakeThisOut@att._THIS_net> wrote in
news:MPG.1c93d509392db20a98a5ac@204.127.36.1:
> Open Performance.
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> Note
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> To open Performance, click Start, click Run, and then type
> perfmon.msc.
> Related Topics"
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I'm running it and see nothing happening. No graph - nothing.
I'll have to stick with sysinternals stuff. I wonder why they never added
the link to system tools? >> Stay informed about: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility? |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:07 pm
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Ernie B. <ernie-baresch_REMOVE_.DeleteThis@att._THIS_net> wrote in
news:MPG.1c93d509392db20a98a5ac@204.127.36.1:
> Open Performance.
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> Note
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> To open Performance, click Start, click Run, and then type
> perfmon.msc.
> Related Topics"
> --
I'm running it and see nothing happening. No graph - nothing.
I'll have to stick with sysinternals stuff. I wonder why they never added
the link to system tools? >> Stay informed about: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility? |
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:53 pm
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Moe Hair <mohair.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote in news:cWoWd.12$xp7.3@fe08.lga:
> Thanks. I had downloaded it and run it yesterday, but didn't realize
> that I could change so much using the View menu. I haven't seen yet
> if I could determine (in the lower pane) how much RAM each dll is
> using for each process in the upper pane. Great info on how many
> programs are running.
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> Is there any secret to properly using this other than to check what
> processes are memory intensive? Perhaps seeing what non Microsoft
> licensed DLL's are running under svchost and other processes?
Like I said before, if you select a running process in the upper pane and
right-click it and select Properties, it will tell you everything about the
running process --- everything. The lower pane is to show what DLL(s)/etc
are running in the same address space and processing thread as the running
process and using that process to execute and their locations on the media
device such as HDD, Floppy, CD etc.
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> It's actually amazing these computers don't crash all the time when
> you consider how many different manufacturers havde dll's and
> executables running. I have 384 mg and it seems like you need about 1
> gig these days to run your OS, apps, and multimedia programs at the
> same time. I have a Win 2000 os and now I'm wondering if Win XP is
> better at memory management. Some people say yes, and others say no.
> Windows is like a car that constantly being recalled by the
> manufacturer for repairs. Unfortunately, we have to rely on 3rd
> party software providers for the fix, and many times they're writing
> the program out of the goodness of their heart!
All that will start to change when programmers start writting more and more
Windows-based applications using .NET as .Net applications do not register
DLL(s) in the Registry preventing the DLL Hell situation.
Duane  >> Stay informed about: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility? |
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:53 pm
Post subject: Re: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Moe Hair <mohair.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote in news:cWoWd.12$xp7.3@fe08.lga:
> Thanks. I had downloaded it and run it yesterday, but didn't realize
> that I could change so much using the View menu. I haven't seen yet
> if I could determine (in the lower pane) how much RAM each dll is
> using for each process in the upper pane. Great info on how many
> programs are running.
>
> Is there any secret to properly using this other than to check what
> processes are memory intensive? Perhaps seeing what non Microsoft
> licensed DLL's are running under svchost and other processes?
Like I said before, if you select a running process in the upper pane and
right-click it and select Properties, it will tell you everything about the
running process --- everything. The lower pane is to show what DLL(s)/etc
are running in the same address space and processing thread as the running
process and using that process to execute and their locations on the media
device such as HDD, Floppy, CD etc.
>
> It's actually amazing these computers don't crash all the time when
> you consider how many different manufacturers havde dll's and
> executables running. I have 384 mg and it seems like you need about 1
> gig these days to run your OS, apps, and multimedia programs at the
> same time. I have a Win 2000 os and now I'm wondering if Win XP is
> better at memory management. Some people say yes, and others say no.
> Windows is like a car that constantly being recalled by the
> manufacturer for repairs. Unfortunately, we have to rely on 3rd
> party software providers for the fix, and many times they're writing
> the program out of the goodness of their heart!
All that will start to change when programmers start writting more and more
Windows-based applications using .NET as .Net applications do not register
DLL(s) in the Registry preventing the DLL Hell situation.
Duane >> Stay informed about: Can anyone recommend a good free process watcher utility? |
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:14 am
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:14 am
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