Monday, January 26, 2009

Task Manager - A detailed Analysis


I have been on a date the whole day... Yes... A date with Windows Task Manager.. 

My effort here is to list out some simple terms that I read really carefully today. Coz I had very less room for an understanding issue today..  we hear these terms day after day.. yet we forget..

Lets run through the important Task Manager terms.

First, open up the taks manager. How ? 

Ctrl+Shift+Esc  OR Ctrl + Alt + Del and select Task managaer OR Right click on taskbar and select Task manager OR Start -> Run-> Taskmgr

Clck on Processes Tab in Task Manager
Select  the below referenced columns  (View -> Columns )

Processes Tab Explanation
CPU TimeThe total processor time, in seconds, used by the process since it was started.
CPU UsageThe percentage of time the threads of the process used the processor since the last update.
Memory Usage (Working Set )The amount of main memory, in kilobytes, used by the process.
Memory Usage DeltaThe change in memory use, in kilobytes, since the last update. Unlike System Monitor, Task Manager displays negative values.
Nonpaged PoolThe amount of memory, in kilobytes, used by a process. Operating system memory that is never paged to disk. Paging is the moving of infrequently used parts of a program's working memory from RAM to another storage medium, usually the hard disk.
Paged Pool
The amount of system-allocated virtual memory, in kilobytes, used by a process. The paged pool is virtual memory available to be paged to disk. Paging is the moving of infrequently used parts of a program's working memory from RAM to another storage medium, usually the hard disk. The paged pool includes all of user memory and a portion of system memory.
Peak Memory UsageThe peak amount of physical memory resident in a process since it started.
Virtual Memory Size ( Private Bytes)The amount of virtual memory, or address space, committed to a process.


Reference: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/prork/preb_mon_nbcl.mspx?mfr=true


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