Detailed Windows Task Manager Process

Win2000/XP's Task Manager is a very useful tool that can provide us with a lot of information, such as programs (processes) running on the system, but we may be a bit confused with the file executable file names, no Know what they are doing, will there be suspicious processes (viruses, Trojans, etc.). The purpose of this article is to provide some commonly used process names in Win2000/XP and briefly explain their usefulness.

In W2K/XP, press the crtl+shift+Esc key at the same time to open the Windows Task Manager and click on “Process” to see a lot of running processes. A lot of weird EXE files are running? These are not real services, but programs or processes that run under different conditions, many of which are still required.

[Csrss]: This is one of the core parts of Windows, called the Client Server Process. We can't end the process. This 4K process often consumes about 3MB to 6MB of memory. It is recommended not to modify this process and let it run.

[Ctfmon]: This is the "Language Bar" displayed in the lower right corner of the desktop after installing WinXP (especially when installing ofice XP). If you do not want it to appear, you can cancel it by following the steps below: Double-click "Control Panel", "Regional and Language Settings", click the "Language" tab, click the "Details" button to open the "Text Service and Input Language" dialog box, single Click the “Language Bar” button next to “Preferences” to open the “Language Bar Settings” dialog box and uncheck the “Show Language Bar on the Desktop” checkbox. Don't underestimate this detail, it will save you 1.5MB to 4MB of memory.

[dovldr32]: If you have a Creative SBLive series sound card, you can hit this process, it takes about 2.3MB to 2.6MB of memory. Somewhat strangely, when I banned this process from the taskbar, I did not make any mistakes through the DVD experiment. But if you rename this file, the file protection warning window for Windows will appear, and the Creative Mixer and AudioHQ programs will load incorrectly. Of course you want to save some memory, then you can disable it.

[explorer]: This is not Internet Explorer, explorer.exe is always running in the background, it controls the standard user interface, processes, commands and desktops, etc. If you open the "Task Manager", You will see an explorer.exe running in the background. Depending on the system's font, background image, active desktop, etc., it usually consumes 5.8MB to 36MB of memory.

[Ldle]: If you see 99% occupancy in the “Task Manager”, don’t be afraid, actually it’s a good thing, because it means your computer currently has 99 % of performance is waiting for you to use! This is a critical process and cannot be ended. The process is only 16KB in size, and the CPU counts the idleness of the CPU.

[IEXPLORE]: This is the IE browser. When we use it to surf the Internet, it occupies 7.3MB or more of memory. Of course, this increases with the number of open browser windows. But when you close all IE windows, it does not disappear from the task manager, IEXPLORE.EXE is still running in the background, its role is to speed up the speed of us to open IE again.

[Generic Host Process for Win32 Services]: If you install ZoneAlarm, ZonAlarm always complains that the link does not reach the Internet when connecting to the Internet, then you should take a look at the text below. Svhost.exe is Generic Service Host, which means that it is the host of other services. If your Internet connection is not working, it is very likely that you have banned some of the necessary services. For example, if you disable the "DNS Search" function, then you will not connect when you enter www.cfan.com.cn. Go online, but if you enter an IP address, although you can still access the Internet, you have actually destroyed the key process of surfing the Internet!

[msmsgs]: This is Microsoft's Windows Messengr (instant messaging software) famous MSN The process is bound in the WinXP Home and Professional versions. If you are running programs such as Outlook and MSN Explorer, the process will run in the background to support all of these new Microsoft technologies such as Cool, NET and other technologies.

[msn6]: This is the MSN Explorer (MSN Browser) process that Microsoft binds to WinXP. This process requires msmsgs.exe to run in advance.

[Navpw32]: This is the process that is started after Norton AntiVirus2002 software is installed. Unless you do not need the virus detection function, do not end this process. This process also assumes the function of automatically upgrading the virus definition library file. And the ability to display a small icon in the system tray.

[Point32]: This is a program that is started after installing special mouse software (Intellimouse, etc.). Since there are many new mouse functions built in WinXP, there is no need to run in the background of the system. It wastes 1.1MB to 1.6MB of memory and also takes up a place in the taskbar!

[Promon]: This is the program installed by Intel series graphics card. The icon control program is displayed in the taskbar, occupying about 656KB. To 1.1MB of memory.

[Smss]: Only 45KB in size occupies 300KB to 2MB of memory space. This is one of the core processes of Windows, and is the session management program of Windows NT kernel.

[Svchost]: This is actually a service. Sometimes you will often see several processes in the "Task Manager" (the system, network, user, respectively) Or other), in windowsXP, if you end the process, the system will automatically shut down within one minute, in Windows2000, the process will be displayed as a critical process, prohibiting the end!

[SystemIDLEProcess 】: This is a normal process called when no program or process makes a request to the CPU. The process cannot be ended. If it shows that the CPU usage is 97%, it means that only 3% of the CPU processes are actually The program is occupied. If you find that the ldleprocesses have been kept at a very low value (for example, 3% is always displayed), then there must be an application running all the time, you need to check it out!

[taskmgr]: If You see that this process is running, in fact, it is to look at the "task manager" of this process itself. It takes up about 3.2MB of memory, so don't forget to include it when you optimize your system.