Comments on: Auslogics Task Manager Portable (what it says)

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:59 +0000

“Process Hacker” requires .Net Framework 2.0 by the way. Iy is gorgeous, has a stable release but remains in development.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:43:21 +0000

@Transcontinental

Bookmarked to check out. :) Will see how it compares to Process Explorer.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:11 +0000

I guess most of us are aware of latest “Process Hacker” Process Manager ( http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/ ). This is something, perhaps the most elaborated Process Manager I’ve encountered, installs on demand as a service, deals deep in the Kernel, has authority on whatever anti-virus as well as nasty nests :) But I’d use 10% of its potential, this is a geek business!

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:17 +0000

@DataRat

Yep, that stuff got much improved in Vista. Not that I use Vista, so have to settle for Process Explorer.

By: The DataRat

The DataRat — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:30:53 +0000

A rather mundane applet with nothing really unique to recommend it.
Have found Vista’s native Performance Monitor far more useful and only
a little harder to use.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2200/vista_feature_performance_monitor/

The DataRat

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:43:42 +0000

@Chocobito

Sorry, I struggled myself but in the end Process Explorer is ultimate stuff. :) Took me some time to ignore overly technical parts that I have no clue about.

By: Chocobito

Chocobito — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:44:37 +0000

@Rarst: Process Explorer, I don’t like so much, I mean others advanced task managers replacements.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:25:54 +0000

Quite true, Rarst, Applications Panel isn’t essential, but nevertheless why doesn’t it work? It shows more than applications that currently have visible windows, for instance I run the software Hostsman, and both of its modules appear in Applications Panel in Windows Task Manager (‘HostsMan’ and ‘HostsServer Control Panel’), they do have windows, but hidden.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:54:07 +0000

@Chocobito

Hadn’t I mentioned Process Explorer enough times in post? :)

@Transcontinental

Applications panel doesn’t show much anyway, only those applications that currently have visible windows. As for me it is useless. Again – probably layer of simplicity for those who might be confused thrown into process mess. :)

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:34:57 +0000

I’ve tried latest ‘Auslogics Task Manager’ (installer, not portable) and, be it this latest version as well as previous ones, I can never get the Applications (through View/Applications) to show up! Other panels yes, Applications no…
I’ve notified Auslogics of the problem when asked why removing their software, still waiting for their acknowledgment.