Yet Another Process Monitor Manages Running Tasks

Windows only: System monitoring utility Yet Another Process Monitor is not just a powerful way to see what's going on under the hood—it's also portable

Once you've

downloaded and extracted the no-installation-required software, you can put it on a flash drive or take it anywhere you'd like—so long as the target system has .NET Framework 2.0 installed. The utility can do everything you'd expect from a process manager, including a nice option to right-click a process and search the internet for more information.

There are plenty of more powerful features for the more tech-savvy, like detecting hidden processes, monitoring remote machines, and even viewing the memory of a process in a hex editor. Yet Another Process Monitor is free and open source, available for 32-bit Windows systems only.

Yet Another Process Monitor (YAPM)

Windows 7 upgraders guide: The simple version

Microsoft released a nice, big chart the other day which details the many possible ways of moving from your existing Windows OS to Windows 7. It's got a slight case of information overload, however, so let's simplify things a bit. After all, not everyone reading Download Squad is an IT director with years of experience.

First, let's spell out the important terms.

In-Place Upgrade: means one you can run from your current Windows desktop. If f you currently own a laptop or desktop with Windows Vista Home Premium you will be able to boot up your computer as normal, pop in your Windows 7 Home Premium disk, and upgrade Windows. Your existing data (music, pictures, etc.) and programs are automatically moved.

Custom Install: "Custom" here really means "new," "fresh," or "clean." When you finish installing Windows your new desktop will be pretty bare - none of your old programs of data will be there, so you'll need to back them up first. Custom installs can't be performed from your existing Windows desktop. You have to force your system to boot from the Windows 7 DVD instead.