One of our readers was facing this problem that when connecting the pen drive Windows came up with this error message that “The software you are installing for this hardware: “name” has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP”
This message can be easily disabled as this is the message that [...]
Every process that runs in the computer has a corresponding process running in background but listed in the task manager. There can be several processes that can run simultaneously and we can also choose which process should be given higher priority.
In Windows we can select the priority of a process running in the Task Manager [...]
Windows task manager is quite simple and don’t have much of the features so if you are looking for some task manager that can give you enough information of the processes running in the background then you should try this process explorer called System Explorer.
Though I have mentioned about the replacement task managers but this [...]
One of our readers submitted this problem of not being able to view the names of the users under the User Name tab of the Task Manager while System was listed as usual.
This is very unusual thing and can happen immediately after the system is booted up that is before the system is fully processed. [...]
Windows default Task Manager provides capabilities to manage the processes on the local system but it cannot be used to manage the processes of the computer connected to a network.
So if you ever wanted to manage and control the processes running in the background of a remote computer then this can be done easily with [...]
If you are bored up with the default Windows Task Manager and its simple functionalities then you can try a new and improved Task Manager called Security Task Manager.
Security Task Manager provides the users with lots of information apart from the usual process information. Security Task Manager shows comprehensible information about programs and processes running [...]
Viewing the processes in the Task Manager is bit complicated and if we need to explore the processes for the images, icons or cursors then what should we do?
Here is a small tool that can easily explore the images, icons and cursors in the running processes called ImageExplorer. The setup is less than 100KB and [...]
There are several processes running in the system at a specific time and Windows automatically sets the priority of each process.
Priority to any process can be set using the Task Manager however it will be till the process gets completed and if you run the process again it will start again with the default priority.
So [...]
Though I mentioned few Task Manager Replacement tools earlier but this one deserves a separate post and that is all because of its functionality.
No doubt Windows default task manager is a great way to list and kill processes but it still lacks certain features that are provided by this Task Manager called Extended Task Manager. [...]
In a virus infected system, it is a common sight that our Task Manager is disabled and thus we are not able to see the processes running in our system.
Well there are ways to solve the problem but in case you are not able to solve the problem then just use the Task Manager Replacement [...]
It is a common sight now a days when one of the viruses have disabled our various Windows services like Task Manager and Run but here is a list of 2 free Replacement tools of Run (Windows key + R) which can be executed in place of the Run dialog.
Tools:
1. The name of the tool is [...]
There are lots of web browsers in the world like Firefox, Chrome and IE and each of them consumes different memory for opening the same web page.
Firefox is a heavy web browser that takes lot of memory to open a page but the add-ons it support really make it worthwhile. But if you wish to [...]
