Process Explorer Utility
Process Explorer Utility
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Find out what processes are currently running on your system. Choose a process, e.g.
winword.exe and find out which DLLs it has loaded. Now click on the System
Information button (Ctrl+I) to see details of CPU activity in your system. Now start a new
program, e.g. Microsoft Excel. Describe how CPU usage changes when you start this
program, a minute after you have started this program, and when you terminate this
program. Click on System Information button (Ctrl+I) to see this information in detail.
Provide an explanation for this CPU usage pattern.
Answer:
Process CPU Private Bytes Working Set PID Description Company Name
System Idle Process 65.54 0 K 24 K 0
System 0.59 48 K 928 K 4
Interrupts 1.02 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs
smss.exe 276 K 532 K 272
csrss.exe < 0.01 1,280 K 2,396 K 396
wininit.exe 936 K 2,588 K 452
services.exe 0.06 4,320 K 5,716 K 508
svchost.exe 2.30 2,884 K 5,608 K 652 Host Process for Windows
Services Microsoft Corporation
FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.exe 1,288 K 3,984 K 3740 Adobe® Flash®
Player Installer/Uninstaller 10.3 r183 Adobe Systems, Inc.
svchost.exe 3,112 K 5,200 K 752 Host Process for Windows
Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 13,848 K 10,400 K 816 Host Process for
Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 43,908 K 43,876 K 880 Host Process for
Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
wlanext.exe 1,380 K 3,284 K 1308
dwm.exe 1.05 91,508 K 50,768 K 1672 Desktop Window
Manager Microsoft Corporation
WUDFHost.exe 1,448 K 3,928 K 172
svchost.exe 0.11 16,736 K 20,200 K 920 Host Process for
Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe 1,032 K 3,128 K 1748
GoogleUpdate.exe < 0.01 1,668 K 532 K 1796
svchost.exe 4,696 K 6,056 K 1096 Host Process for Windows
Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 11,100 K 11,192 K 1208 Host Process for
Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
spoolsv.exe 4,632 K 6,124 K 1428 Spooler SubSystem App
Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 9,336 K 8,388 K 1464 Host Process for Windows
Services Microsoft Corporation
taskhost.exe 7,064 K 6,280 K 1704 Host Process for Windows Tasks
Microsoft Corporation
armsvc.exe 820 K 2,204 K 1864 Adobe Acrobat Update Service
Adobe Systems Incorporated
ekrn.exe < 0.01 10,780 K 9,780 K 1964 ESET Service ESET
HWDeviceService.exe 1,480 K 3,140 K 2000 DCSHOST
DCSHelper.exe 1,612 K 5,772 K 2040 DataCardMonitor MFC
Application Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
DCSHelper.exe 0.44 1,284 K 4,756 K 2160 DataCardMonitor MFC
Application Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
MBlaze.exe 2.53 31,880 K 42,040 K 2632
iexplore.exe < 0.01 10,388 K 24,440 K 3584 Internet
Explorer Microsoft Corporation
iexplore.exe 18.90 1,53,248 K 1,50,552 K 3492 Internet
Explorer Microsoft Corporation
GoogleToolbarUser_32.exe 5,492 K 9,820 K 4060 Google Toolbar
Broker Google Inc.
MDM.EXE 0.03 1,224 K 3,708 K 2384
NBService.exe 2,512 K 4,004 K 2412 Nero BackItUp Nero AG
svchost.exe 4,264 K 8,132 K 2932 Host Process for Windows
Services Microsoft Corporation
SearchIndexer.exe < 0.01 20,008 K 10,092 K 3008
Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 68,616 K 9,492 K 3992 Host Process for
Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
wmpnetwk.exe 0.01 7,612 K 3,856 K 4032 Windows Media Player Network
Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation
lsass.exe 3,732 K 6,852 K 524 Local Security Authority
Process Microsoft Corporation
lsm.exe 1,228 K 2,368 K 532
csrss.exe 0.47 1,640 K 41,916 K 464
winlogon.exe 1,692 K 3,152 K 660
explorer.exe 0.06 43,724 K 47,664 K 1696 Windows Explorer
Microsoft Corporation
igfxtray.exe 1,252 K 3,804 K 404 igfxTray Module Intel
Corporation
hkcmd.exe 1,348 K 3,756 K 412 hkcmd Module Intel
Corporation
igfxpers.exe 1,408 K 4,232 K 696 persistence Module Intel
Corporation
nusb3mon.exe 1,140 K 3,392 K 768 USB 3.0 Monitor Renesas
Electronics Corporation
egui.exe 0.07 4,496 K 7,272 K 1172 ESET GUI ESET
Updater.exe 0.20 3,856 K 9,220 K 1844 Ask Updater Ask
GoogleUpdate.exe 1,804 K 532 K 1912 Google Installer
Google Inc.
chrome.exe 0.13 56,036 K 88,780 K 3932 Google Chrome
Google Inc.
procexp.exe 6.13 25,680 K 42,884 K 896 Sysinternals
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ouc.exe 0.11 2,580 K 4,032 K 2372