Due to virus Attacks, especially the Recent Autorun Virus Infection (Read) which is creating havoc like Disabling Task manager, Folder Options etc., a PC without a Task manager is a real problem. Because the task manager is a really very handy tool when our PC/Laptop/Computer Hangs, Crashes or Freezes Up ,as simple Ctrl-Alt-Del eases us for the Moment.
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There is a free utility by Microsoft SysInternals called process explorer. Its a light weight and small utility which can work well as a replacement to Windows Task Manager.
To use Process Explorer, simply download Process Explorer and Run it. It shows you the process details as you can see in the snapshot below.
You can do a lot of things related to a process, most useful of which are Kill Process or Kill Process Tree which you can see in the snapshot below. Just right click on the process and you can get lot many options, which include Suspend, or restart the process, see properties etc.
Link : Download Process Explorer
So next time you can not open the task manager, you can use this tool to make use the functionality of Windows Task Manager.
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