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Process Management
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There are 4 button bars
in WinTasks Pro, the 1st bar or main bar includes the operations to
change, modify, block, or start processes on the computer. Let's
take a quick look at each of these, since most are pretty self
explanatory.
The
Main Button Bar
Stop is exactly that, it stops the highlighted or selected process.
Now Process that have a red chip next to them are not ones that you
want to stop. These are REQUIRED processes that if stopped will
cause Windows to begin a shutdown.
Inc or Increase will cause the process to gain priority in the system.
Users of WindowsNT, XP, 2000 & 2003 will notice that WinTasks only
allows for Low, Normal, High and Realtime. The main reason that
the Below Normal and Above Normal options included in these Operating
Systems is not listed as options in WinTasks is that those 2
priorities are not part of the Windows95, 98 and ME systems and
therefore were not included in WinTasks for compatibility reasons.
Dec or Decrease will cause the process to loose priority in the
system. The same rules that are applied to Increase are mirrored
in Decrease.
Block is a feature that isn't in Windows itself but is very valuable
for the fight in SpyWare and Trojans. If you select a process in
the list and choose block, that process is BLOCKED from being executed
as long as WinTasks is running. If a program attempts to load a
Blocked process the blocked process is immediately shut down by
WinTasks.
Refresh is cause the Process list to be refreshed. This is used
a lot since WinTask doesn't keep an active process list when it is
minimized to the system tray. So upon opening WinTasks from the
system try the 1st thing you have to do is refresh the list.
The Start section which includes the Common Process drop down, the
Start and the Browse options is pretty self explanatory.
Check For Updates does just that, you must have an active Internet
connection to check. This will contact the servers and ask for
updates to the WinTasks program and Process Library. Running
this at least 2 or 3 times a month is a good idea.
Print allows you to Print a copy of running tasks and their
priorities, or a copy of one of the other screens or lists.
The
Search Bar
Well it's just that a search bar.. Allows you to search for processes
based on the full name or partial name of the process.
The
Preset Bar
There are 4 presets
available. The presets are designed to instantly allow the user
to set some or all process to a certain specificed priority. An
example of the use of a preset would be if you were burning a DVD, you
would want as much processor power as possible going to the burning
software and the I/O bus to alleviate any buffer under or over run.
So be setting the processes all to low except for explorer.exe and the
software you use to burn, you can give the system the boost to burn.
But, to set each process to low could take 15 or more minutes on a
system with 40 or 50 processes. The preset will do all the
settings for you. Click once, and the processes get changed by
WinTasks and you are ready to rock and roll.
The View Bar
The view bar allows you
to access different views on information about each process. I
was very shocked when I used the windows view on a process. I
never realized that many programs open multiple windows and hide all
the ones that are not needed by the user. Play with these you
will be surprised at what your processes are doing in the background.
There is one last thing
that WinTasks has the really makes the system worth the bucks.
Lets take a look on the next page.
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