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Does anyone know of any good free alternatives to the standard Windows Task Manager besides the Resource Monitor? I'm looking for a lightweight program that displays detailed info about my CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, processes, services, and etc.
Aznfin
Posted 2010-01-30T18:21:40.860
Reputation: 477
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AnVir Task Manager Free is process and startup manager. Remove spyware and optimize performance. Monitor and manage processes, services, internet connections, DLLs, drivers. Descriptions for startup programs and all Windows services. Alerts on new startups.
Icons in tray for CPU usage and disk load. Quick access to last launched programs in tray. Hide windows to system tray.
Automatically change process priority, permanently block undesired processes. Furthermore, comes with an attractive user interface.
A portable version is available here.
Moo0 SystemMonitor lets you keep your eye on system resource usages of your PC. It currently supports 36 kinds of information including CPU, Memory, Network, and detailed HDD usages. Using this software, you may discover what is limiting your system performance in each occasion.
MooO System Monitor is freeware, a portable version is available.
The Moo0 System monitor was just the program I was looking for, thanks for the great find. :) – Aznfin – 2010-01-30T19:23:41.113
you're more than welcome. – None – 2010-01-30T19:26:16.567
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Sysinternals Process Explorer is a good Task Manager replacement, but it's more for, well, processes/services than for system info. It's lightweight; no install needed, just unpack.
hyperslug
Posted 2010-01-30T18:21:40.860
Reputation: 12 882
2It also has the option to 'Replace Task Manager' so that when you invoke TaskMgr, you get ProcExp instead. – JBRWilkinson – 2010-01-30T21:38:11.880
Process Explorer is not lightweight, it take some seconds to load especially when there is application taking up the CPU resource. I need a lightweight yet powerful task manager, unfortunately ProcessExplorer is not one I'm looking for. – null – 2014-12-18T17:43:40.480
Yeah! Use it! It is he best! – kokbira – 2010-07-15T03:25:12.113
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A great alternative to Process Explorer is Process Hacker. It's also free but this one is open-source. Same informations, some more features.
Snark
Posted 2010-01-30T18:21:40.860
Reputation: 30 147
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Check out Samurize . Samurize is a superlight, and highly customizable. here are some screen shots!
Kelbizzle
Posted 2010-01-30T18:21:40.860
Reputation: 1 808
It won't install on Windows 7. – Aznfin – 2010-01-30T19:11:49.283
1Ooooooh, shiny! – music2myear – 2011-07-26T21:56:15.400
Are you looking for a lightweight task manager to keep open all the time? So you can keep an eye on the system stats? – Kelbizzle – 2010-01-30T18:47:52.070
That's exactly what I'm looking for. – Aznfin – 2010-01-30T18:59:14.727