Author Topic: Computer Help (Read 421 times)

Midnight · « **on:** August 10, 2006, 12:20:51 PM »

Can anyone recommend a program or utility that can identify what a computer is doing, or what program is causing disk activity?

I have a laptop that is running no applicaitons (from what the task manager indicates) yet the hard disk is continouslly active and churning away.

NAV is installed and I did a full system scan. No viruses detected, so I have no idea what program would need to be accessing the HD non-stop.

WinXP Pro operating system.

Furious · « **Reply #1 on:** August 10, 2006, 12:23:15 PM »

Process Explorer

Donzo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 10, 2006, 12:45:07 PM »

Task manager.

Ctrl-ALt-Del > Task Manager
or
right-click on your taskbar and select Task Manager from the menu.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2006, 01:00:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Donzo
Task manager.

Ctrl-ALt-Del > Task Manager
or
right-click on your taskbar and select Task Manager from the menu.

He already knows about Task Manager.

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Originally posted by Midnight
laptop that is running no applicaitons (from what the task manager indicates)

Another good program to use is this: TaskList

Midnight · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2006, 01:00:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Furious
Process Explorer

Thanks

xrtoronto · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2006, 01:04:38 PM »

contol/alt/delete will bring up Task Manager.

goto "processes" tab and it will tell you what is running and how much cpu the process is using (see below)