Windows 7 Resource Monitor

IT professionals need deep insight into a computer's inner workings to efficiently troubleshoot problems. The more complex the problem is, the more detailed the information must be. For example, although Task Manager is sufficient to identify the process that is using the most processor time, IT professionals need a more powerful tool to identify which process is generating the most disk or network input/output (I/O).

To give IT professionals detailed information about resource utilization on a process-byprocess basis, Windows 7 includes an improved version of Resource Monitor. Resource Monitor displays this data in a format that provides rapid access to a great deal of information that you can use to easily explore process-specific details.

Within seconds, you can use Resource Monitor to view:

• Which processes are using the most processor time and memory.
• Which processes are reading and writing the most data to the disk.
• How much network data each process is sending and receiving.
• How much memory each process is using.
• Why a process is nonresponsive.
• Which services are hosted within a SvcHost.exe process.
• Which handles, including devices, registry keys, and files, a process is accessing.
• Which modules, including dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) and other libraries, a process is accessing.
• Which processes are listening for incoming network connections or have network connections open.

Additionally, you can end processes and search online for information about a process. With Resource Monitor, IT professionals can quickly identify the source of performance and resource utilization problems, reducing the time required to troubleshoot complex issues.