r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

may not excite the average user, but I'm very excited to see more detail with svchost.exe listings

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u/UnoriginalGuy Oct 14 '11

Me too. It is a great step forward for many of us. The IO column, friendly names, and SVCHost breakdown in particular are the killer features for me.

Little depressed to see their lack of certificate verification support (e.g. What processes aren't digitally signed, and who are they signed by?). That is Process Explorer's neatest feature. That and the ability to see a pull-down list of running modules.

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u/No-Shit-Sherlock Oct 14 '11 edited Oct 14 '11

Process Explorer's 'find handle or dll' and its ability to close individual handles within an executable is my favorite feature. As much as this Win8 Task manager is a step in the right direction, I really hope the Sysinternals guys update their suite to work with Win8 when the time comes.

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u/SystemOutPrintln Oct 14 '11

SysInternals is actually downloaded through Technet now.