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Does anyone know of any good free alternatives to the standard Windows Task Manager besides the Resource Monitor? I'm looking for a lightweight program that displays detailed info about my CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, processes, services, and etc.

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  • Are you looking for a lightweight task manager to keep open all the time? So you can keep an eye on the system stats?
    – Kelbizzle
    Jan 30, 2010 at 18:47
  • That's exactly what I'm looking for.
    – Aznfin
    Jan 30, 2010 at 18:59

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AnVir Task Manager Free is process and startup manager. Remove spyware and optimize performance. Monitor and manage processes, services, internet connections, DLLs, drivers. Descriptions for startup programs and all Windows services. Alerts on new startups.

Icons in tray for CPU usage and disk load. Quick access to last launched programs in tray. Hide windows to system tray.

Automatically change process priority, permanently block undesired processes. Furthermore, comes with an attractive user interface.

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A portable version is available here.

Moo0 SystemMonitor lets you keep your eye on system resource usages of your PC. It currently supports 36 kinds of information including CPU, Memory, Network, and detailed HDD usages. Using this software, you may discover what is limiting your system performance in each occasion.

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MooO System Monitor is freeware, a portable version is available.

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  • The Moo0 System monitor was just the program I was looking for, thanks for the great find. :)
    – Aznfin
    Jan 30, 2010 at 19:23
  • you're more than welcome.
    – Molly7244
    Jan 30, 2010 at 19:26
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Sysinternals Process Explorer is a good Task Manager replacement, but it's more for, well, processes/services than for system info. It's lightweight; no install needed, just unpack.

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    It also has the option to 'Replace Task Manager' so that when you invoke TaskMgr, you get ProcExp instead.
    – JBRWilkinson
    Jan 30, 2010 at 21:38
  • Yeah! Use it! It is he best!
    – kokbira
    Jul 15, 2010 at 3:25
  • Process Explorer is not lightweight, it take some seconds to load especially when there is application taking up the CPU resource. I need a lightweight yet powerful task manager, unfortunately ProcessExplorer is not one I'm looking for.
    – null
    Dec 18, 2014 at 17:43
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A great alternative to Process Explorer is Process Hacker. It's also free but this one is open-source. Same informations, some more features.

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Check out Samurize . Samurize is a superlight, and highly customizable. here are some screen shots!

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  • It won't install on Windows 7.
    – Aznfin
    Jan 30, 2010 at 19:11
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    Ooooooh, shiny!
    – music2myear
    Jul 26, 2011 at 21:56

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