Computers can be really frustrating, especially when all of a sudden they become slow and start freezing up. I know that when mine does that, I feel like throwing it out of the window! Why do they do that? Well, for a number of reasons – viruses and other malware, badly fragmented disks, too much junk, faulty apps, and other “joys” of Windows.

However, most likely it’s either a legitimate Windows processes or an application making life difficult. Some processes, like svchost.exe, are known to consume 80%-100% of CPU and some applications, like Firefox, can use large amounts of RAM. Whenever this happens, your computer becomes a lot slower and might start freezing up. Or the problem could be caused by malware pretending to be a harmless Windows process. That’s why it’s very important to know how each process affects your computer performance.

That’s why we created Fileinspect Sidebar Gadget. We though that opening the Task Manager, browsing through processes and then researching them online is more trouble than it’s worth and it’s a lot more convenient to have all the information you need in the sidebar.

Fileinspect Sidebar Gadget is a FREE Windows sidebar tool. It provides comprehensive information about the most resource-heavy processes running on your computer and displays how much CPU and RAM each process uses. You can also view a detailed process description by clicking on the magnifying glass sign to find out whether that process is malware or a safe Windows process.

The gadget is very easy to use and is fully customizable – you can choose the number of processes to display, processes update frequency, and what do you want it to display – CPU or RAM usage.

Fileinspect Sidebar Gadget works with Windows Vista and Windows 7. Download it here and be in total control of Windows processes.

We value your opinion, so if you have any suggentions on how to improve the gadget, please let us know – send us a message via the Contribution tab!