How about a thread for people to share information about programs they use and like, and tweaks to make PCs run better.
Here's one to get it going...
Sysinternals Process Explorer
Download is at the bottom of the page. It's a bit fiddly to install. It comes as a zipped file, which you need to get into your 'Program Files' folder, or into C: either by unzipping it straight there, or cutting and pasting it once you have unzipped it. Then you need to open the folder and R Click on procexp.exe and send a shortcut to your desktop.
Now the clever bit. Once you have it on your desktop, you can open it and check all the processes running on your computer in much more detail than the Taskmanager provides. If you click 'Options' along the top, and check 'replace TaskManager', this program will run instead of the Taskmanager every time.
Here's one to get it going...
Sysinternals Process Explorer
Download is at the bottom of the page. It's a bit fiddly to install. It comes as a zipped file, which you need to get into your 'Program Files' folder, or into C: either by unzipping it straight there, or cutting and pasting it once you have unzipped it. Then you need to open the folder and R Click on procexp.exe and send a shortcut to your desktop.
Now the clever bit. Once you have it on your desktop, you can open it and check all the processes running on your computer in much more detail than the Taskmanager provides. If you click 'Options' along the top, and check 'replace TaskManager', this program will run instead of the Taskmanager every time.
