Viewing Articles with the tag: sysinternals
Windows Startup Tuning
11.Dec.08 | 3 Comments
I’ve been playing with a couple different ways of managing my Windows computers’ start times recently. My goal is to go from off to usable as fast as possible. Here’s a quick look at some of the tools I’ve been using.
For a quick and easy way to manage what is going to run at start [...]
Desktops
22.Aug.08 | 1 Comment
The Windows Sysinternals folks released a new utility today: Desktops. It is probably no secret to most readers here that I like to play with virtual desktop apps. In fact, I bet I had this one running within 5 minutes of reading the announcement.
If I had to guess, I’d suspect that it is the logical [...]
Sysinternals Live
29.May.08 | 2 Comments
This is almost the most useful and interesting Microsoft “Live” site yet: Sysinternals Live. Now, don’t get too excited about following the link — until you need one of the many excellent Sysinternals utilities.
This new site puts ‘em all in one easy to find place. No need to download and install anything either. If you [...]
Tip: Tracking Down That Wiley Svchost Process
28.Aug.07 | 4 Comments
Sometimes the computer seems pretty slow. You fire up Task Manager and a quick glance shows the CPU running at 100%! Flip to the Process tab, click on the CPU column heading (to sort) and see that svchost.exe is using all the cycles.
Traditionally, that’s when I’d say, “oh crap.” You see, you can have a [...]
In Which Regmon Saves the Day
12.Oct.06 | 3 Comments
There are tools and utilities that I carry around with me in the event that someday they might come in handy. There are sites whose URLs I seem to never forget for the same reason. Today, one of those sites came in very handy: Sysinternals.com and, in particular their tool Regmon, totally [...]
