Re: Which Windows XP program/utility lists and describes processes?

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:09:13 -0400

Hi,

Click start/run, type msinfo32 and click ok. 

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"wylbur37" <wylbur37nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:8028c236.0410100312.2ff499da@posting.google.com...
>I vaguely remember recently using a program/utility (which I believe
> was included as part of the Windows XP system) that essentially
> provides a list of various processes (such as the ones found in Task
> Manager such as "lsass", "vsmon", "svchost", etc.) and gives a
> description of each one including the subdirectory path it's on, but I
> can't seem to remember which program/utility it was. (It wasn't Task
> Manager itself because Task Manager doesn't give information about
> each process).
>
> I need to know this because when I occasionally check the Task Manager
> and notice a higher-than-normal number of processes, I want to know
> who the "strangers" are and whether they belong there or whether
> they're invaders.
>
> Does anyone know what I'm referring to, and can tell me which program
> it was?

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