Process Library Quick Access InfoBar

Windows NT-based systems, have a tool, the Windows Task Manager, that lets you force close running applications, reboot the system, and generally see what’s going on with your PC.

Much of the information the Task Manager provides is inscrutable to the average user. This is especially true of the Processes tab, which lists executable files. Some processes are easy to decipher. Others are downright unfathomable.

Enter Process Library Quick Access InfoBar, a free utility that illuminates the function of processes running on your PC. Once you install this tool, you’ll see next to each process a little blue circle with an “I” in it. Click it, and you’ll open a Web site telling you what the process is and does, what company or person authored it, and whether it safe to stop running it. If the name can correspond with more than one executable, you’ll find out, as well.

Process Library Quick Access Bar can help you find resource hogs that are slowing your system down. It can also help you identify spyware and other unwanted programs.

Because Process Library Quick Access Bar is a freebie, don’t expect much support. However this purely informational tool doesn’t make any changes to your PC, so you shouldn’t run into problems. Even if you accidentally shut down a needed process, a quick reboot should resolve the problem (unless you are already experiencing system issues, at which time you may need more help than this tool offers).

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