[OT] monitoring for cpu/processes

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

any of you guys know a monitoring tool to see what processes/programs use how much CPU

something like asus probe but then for cpu/memory etc

Once in a while I get a cpu spike, but it's gone before I can see what caused it

thx.

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

errr nobody ?

[BigJim]

Well, you could try task manager.

Unfortunately it's only available on the MS website & weighs in at about 28mb to download, and you need your XP key to register.
Task Manager (http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030915/techspace01.shtml).

Once you've done that, right-click on your sys tray & choose Task Manager from the menu.

Go to the processes tab , to see what's running, you can terminate the process by righ-clicking on it.

Run MsConfig from the run box in your start menu, you can control which ones run at startup.
Bonus! (http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/)

Hope this helps :)

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

Task Manager is standard in Windows, of course I have it

But it doesn't monitor the CPU and Memory, it just displays it
I can't watch it 24/7 lol

It needs to record the graphs so I can tell what happened later on

[Spaz]

You can use the Performance monitor under admin tools. It logs everything. Comes with Windows XP Pro. Not sure about Home.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/Spaz007/Perfmon.jpg

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

Originally posted by Spaz007
[B]You can use the Performance monitor under admin tools. It logs everything. Comes with Windows XP Pro. Not sure about Home.


Yes I have that monitor
Now when you look at regular task manager, you can see all the processes and what percentage they use up.
I would like to be able to monitor that so when a certain process peaks in cpu usage I can read it in a log or something
can I do that with the Performance monitor ?