Working on your computer means that there are several applications and files open, hundreds of processes and services running, not to mention disk activity, RAM and CPU usage, and Internet traffic. It’s very important to be in total control over everything that is going on, especially if you are concerned about computer security.

Of course, you can use the built in Windows Task Manager. However, it displays only a few applications and processes running on your PC. And it doesn’t show Windows services at all, despite the fact that services you never use take up a lot of RAM and can slow down your PC.  Windows Task Manager doesn’t provide any process descriptions, so it can be difficult to understand why those processes are there and what is their functionality.

Auslogics Task Manager is a brand new free Windows Task Manager alternative. It provides comprehensive yet easy to understand information about running applications, processes, and services, as well as disk activity, CPU, RAM and Internet traffic usage.

Not only does it display CPU and RAM usage by all applications and processes, but also by a selected program or process.

Auslogics Task Manager will let you know whether an application or a process is trustworthy or not, thus helping you detect possible security flaws.

Managing Windows services has never been easier. Auslogics Task Manager displays all services running on your computer. You can also view detailed information about each service.

The program is feature rich and has an intuitive interface – that’s why it’s ideal for both novice and experienced users. Auslogics Task Manager will help you manage your computer resources to fit your particular needs. There is also a free portable version of this application. It can be downloaded here.

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!

Have you ever wondered which program runs which processes? I know that I have. Go on, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open Windows Task Manager and go to the Processes tab. Do you know exactly what each process does? If your answer is “Yes”, then you are a computer genius. If “No”, I have good news for you – now there is a place where you can inspect Windows processes and learn the truth about them -  Fileinspect.com.

You won’t need to download any software – just open the website and type in a process name in the search box. Each process is rated (safe-unsafe-dangerous) and thoroughly explained.

How Is This Site Useful?

Let me give you an example.

Even if you know exactly which programs are installed on your computer, you can’t be sure it hasn’t got any malware. When your PC is infected, it might start acting weird, slow down, display pop-ups, etc. Or it might not. Malware will just run different processes in the background and you will never have a clue until something terrible happens. Like all your passwords, bank details and other personal information getting stolen.

Unfortunately viruses, Trojans,  and other malware often mask themselves as safe files and processes. So even when you take a quick look at your Task Manager, you won’t notice a thing. For example, usually lsass.exe is a safe system file. But sometimes it’s a Trojan pretending to be lsass.exe.

That’s when Fileinspect.com will help you. Type in the process name and you will get all the necessary information about it. This way you’ll be able to detect and remove malware before it actually does anything to your system.

Also this process library can prove very useful if you are trying to establish what causes your computer to crash.

In all, this is an excellent website to help you troubleshoot your PC and find out more about Windows processes.