How to find out what's running on your PC (and why this is important) 27 Articles

by Rainier Wong

You may be wondering why it is important to know what's running on your PC besides the programs or software you are currently running. There are two important reasons to this. The first reason is to make your PC run better...read more

by Rex Trulove

In today's computer world, it is not unusual for programs, when they are installed, to write to the computer in such a way they or bundled software starts automatically when the computer boots up. This may not be noticeabl...read more

by Shuvro

Though it may sound unnecessary, it is indeed important at times to know what's running on your PC. The importance of this is two fold. One to maximize resource utlization (of your PC) and second to ensure safety of inform...read more

by James Richardson

Whether you use a brand-new PC, or a well-seasoned system, there's probably one issue that's all too common: a sluggish machine. You often sit at your PC waiting while the hard drive makes its familiar whirring/grinding ...read more

by Sachin Mishra

With the world shrinking to one click of a PC, it is really important to see what's running on your PC. This is highly important from both human and technical perspective. From human perspective, this is important as ...read more

by Saurabh Pal

You should be aware of what is running on your PC as this is critical not only for the proper functioning of your PC and also for its continued security. There could be situations when you need to know what is running on y...read more

by Amy Browne

Using the task manger is a great idea if you want to know what is running on your computer. There are three ways to use the existing task manager on your computer, but you can download some programs from the internet that ...read more

by R Marie Taylor

Someone could be spying on you every time you turn on your computer. They could be monitoring everything you read on the Internet in order to find products and services to try and sell you. Someone could even be trac...read more

by Janith Chandrakantha

Your working PC is processing lots of programs but hidden for you! Windows operating systems normally using eighteen hidden files. There are more files running on your PC. Sometime they are useful for you but some time the...read more

by Gino K

It's very important for us to know what processes are running on our computer. This is very important because most of the virus have the tendency to slow down a computer. This can be checked for atleast some virus. This is...read more

by Holly Styles

In order for modern, multi-tasking, PC operating systems to run in a stable manner. Every program that runs does so within it's own process, allocated to it by the operating system. A process is basically an allocation of ...read more

by T J Neale

What is running on your PC? Only Windows you hope. But why is there hard disk access your when you are doing nothing? And why does the system occasionally freeze for no apparent reason? To answer these questions you nee...read more

by Sean Poliakoff

Computer performance greatly affects the lives of countless people. Many people depend on their computer for work, their personal life, keeping track of investments, and many other things. A large and often unknown part ...read more

by Leslie Haasch

As silly as it may sound, it's critical that you know what programs are running on your computer. For the safety and maximal utilization of your computer's resources, keeping watch on these processes is a smart move. You w...read more

by Joe Poniatowski

Discovering and controlling the processes running on a PC is important for a couple of reasons, both affecting the performance and stability of the system. One is the presence of unnecessary processes, the other is the po...read more

by Lazaro Herrera

You do everything to keep yourselves from viruses, trojans, hijacked homepages, spyware, rootkits, and many other threaths on the internet, however you still believe that you may be infected, even if your antivirus, firewa...read more

by Thomas Ford

Do you know what's running on your computer right now? The answer may surprise you. The easiest way to find out what's currently running on your computer is to access a program called "Task Manager." Task Manager Op...read more

by Kevin Dorning

How to find out what's running on your PC (and why this is important) What's running on my computer? Most people have never considered what processes are running on their computers. In fact, most people don't have a...read more

by Althaf Hameez

A process on a computer is either an application or service that is running and using Memory and CPU power. The easiest way to view these processes is going to the Task Manager. This can be accessed by pressing CTRL + ALT...read more

by Kelin Knight

Your computer is never doing nothing. It's always working in the both the foreground and the background. Aside from the obvious processes visible in the foreground, how can you, and why should you, pay attention to process...read more