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Hello again
anyone can recommend some useful tools (free if any), which can help find out for example when an application is being run in Windows, how much CPU, RAM and other resources are being used (i know the task manager provides something like this but want something with more details if any), and also update these performance values in real time.

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A concise XP-focused followup that complements the earlier suggestions from and and gives a practical way to get per-process CPU/memory data in real time and to log it for later analysis.

Free utilities worth trying:

  • Process Hacker on GitHub — open-source monitor with per-process graphs, handles/services view and short history for each process.
  • NirSoft utilities — many small portable tools (process lists, connection viewers, lightweight exporters) useful when you cannot install heavier software.

Quick XP workflow to capture per-process CPU/memory over time

  1. Open the Performance applet (Administrative Tools -> Performance) and create a new counter log.
  2. Add counters you care about, for example: Process\% Processor Time, Process\ID Process (to map instance name to PID), Process\Private Bytes, Process\Working Set, and Memory\Available MBytes.
  3. Choose a sampling interval (5–15 seconds is a reasonable start; shorter intervals increase overhead) and set the log file format (CSV for spreadsheet import, BLG for native replay).
  4. Start the log and, if needed, use an alert rule to capture only when a process exceeds a threshold.

Troubleshooting and practical tips

  • Use Process\ID Process alongside name-based counters to disambiguate multiple instances of the same executable.
  • If counters are missing or report zeros, run the Performance tool with elevated rights.
  • Keep logs short or rotate files—high sampling rates create large files quickly.
  • Portable utilities are useful for quick snapshots when installs are blocked; official vendor pages minimize AV false positives.

This approach gives both live inspection via the listed utilities and precise logged data you can analyze later.

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Member Avatar for lasitha2005d

Which OS do you have? Windows 7 or is it s server OS? if so you can use Performance and Monitoring tools. You can define a data collection set.

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Which OS do you have? Windows 7 or is it s server OS? if so you can use Performance and Monitoring tools. You can define a data collection set.

I have both XP and 7, but for now am looking one for XP

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Which OS do you have? Windows 7 or is it s server OS? if so you can use Performance and Monitoring tools. You can define a data collection set.

I have both XP and 7, but for now am looking one for XP

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I believe you are looking for the "sysinternals suite"

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062

It is all free, and have everything, I can think of, that you can possibly need.
The specific part you ask for is named process explorer, and can be customized to view what you want. :)

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I believe you are looking for the "sysinternals suite"

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062

It is all free, and have everything, I can think of, that you can possibly need.
The specific part you ask for is named process explorer, and can be customized to view what you want. :)

thanks for this useful app

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keeping the thread open till this weekend in case get some other apps as well

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