What’s Running - Get details on Windows Processes

Posted on April 29, 2008 at 5:12 am

Want to know more about startup processes and task manager processes? Have you ever feel curious about any of the running processes inside your computer? Wish that you could know more details about them? There are a few advantages in knowing about the running processes inside a Windows computer. One of the advantages is that you will be able to quickly differentiate between good and bad processes.

For example, knowing that services.exe is an essential process for Windows to run and jusched.exe is just a nuisance that can be removed will allow you to tweak your startup items, resulting in a faster Windows startup. If you are interested in getting all the details of your Windows processes, you can try out What’s Running.

What’s Running is a product that helps you to look and understand the details of a Windows computer. It looks like a Windows Task Manager on steroids. What’s Running will let you explore the all the running processes, modules, services, IP connections, drivers, startup items and system information of your Windows system.

Using What’s Running is easy - you just need to click on any of the vertical or horizontal menu selection on the left and top of its interface and all the clickable details will be displayed on the right pane.

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What’s Running Features

Processes view - by default, each running program will start a process. From this tab, you can see every little detail for each process that currently runs. For example, you can view a specific process performance by checking its CPU and memory usage, or other processes that it spawns. Try the “Show processes in a tree” view for a much better parent-child process view. You can also view the correct location of a system process by right clicking on it and select “Open folder“.

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Services view - services are background processes that do not have a graphical user interface. From this tab, you can check all the details and properties of started / stopped services. You can also start or stop services from here.
Modules view - modules are actual files with code and data that a process needs to run. Each process will at least require one module to run. You can check which modules are loaded by which processes directly from this view.
IP-Connections view - this view shows you the entire active network IP-connections in your system. Quickly check which processes open which network port, sort out the ones that are listening to connections and the location that they are currently connected to.

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Drivers view - find all the information of loaded / unloaded drivers inside your system and where there are located inside your file system.
Startup view - shows all the startup items from the Windows registry and startup folder in one single view. You can add, edit, remove, enable and disable any item with ease.
System Information view - this section shows you basic information of your system including Windows version, computer name, installed service packs, CPU name, CPU speed and more.
Snapshot support - you can take a snapshot of current running processes inside your Windows system. Additionally, you can do a comparison between two process snapshots, which can be invaluable during any system troubleshooting activities.
You can get detailed information on a specific process online by right clicking on it and select “Get info online“. This way, you can learn the function of a specific, running process.

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“View Delta Arrows” - this option will display colored arrows that point out all the active processes in real time.

What’s Running is compatible for use in Windows 2000, XP and 2003. It is free for home and personal use. If you ever feel curious and need details on a specific windows processes, What’s Running is the right tool to use. Try it today!

This is a guest post by Syahid A. from TechMalaya

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3 Responses to “What’s Running - Get details on Windows Processes”

Kristina said on : April 30th, 2008 at 8:08 am

This looks helpful. I will give it a try. Thanks!

akishore said on : April 30th, 2008 at 10:10 am

Kristina, yes it’s definitely a useful app! Those Windows processes can be trick sometimes! I currently have 67 processes running, so this helps identify them quickly.