You may have hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, took a peek at the Task Manager and noticed a Process List and wondered what the hell is all that. Simply this is a list of processes (tasks) that the system is currently running and knowing what they are used for can be very helpful in cleaning up your system. If there was only a place to get information on each one of the processes – Oh wait there is: Process Library

This is such a cool site and really lets you know what is running on your computer and whether its safe, can be stopped, and a whole bunch of other information.

(Check out the DLL search located on the same site)

Give this a try too:
Usage Monitor – This tool will let you monitor your processes beyond what is available in Windows Task Manager.

Check out these posts too:

  1. Process Scanner
  2. MyComputer – Part II: What's Running
  3. Process Monitor v1.0
  4. Yet Another (remote) Process Monitor
  5. New versions of Dev tools from Microsoft
  6. One of those little apps everyone should run
  7. Process Explorer for Windows v11.0