A very helpful (and free) tool to look inside svchosts.exe’s and see what’s going on is Process Explorer. Process Explorer is a free tool from Microsoft available from TechNet. In addition to the ...

In the previous posting, I covered the installation of Process Explorer and setting things up so that it runs automatically at startup time with its icon permanently displayed in the system tray ...

There are certain situations when you would want to find the process start and end time in Windows 11/10. For example, as you try to troubleshoot an application, or if there are too many processes ...

When you can't open, edit, or delete a file in Windows File Explorer, it's either still open in a program running in the background or something didn't close properly. Luckily, you can force delete, ...

This week in Gearhead we cover three topics: How to use Process Explorer as a replacement for Task Manager, wonder if you know how to monitor IIS in real time, and discuss the joys of trying to manage ...

Operating systems need at least a minimum of maintenance to run properly over the long term. While some important tools are already included from Microsoft, many professionals want or need more ...