You can view a list of all processes that are running on your operating system. Task Viewer gives you information about each process, including the ID number, the time that the process has been computed, and the amount of memory that the process is using. You can display the system processes in a list or in tree format. The tree format displays the relationship between processes.
To display system processes
1. Click Application Starter, Applications, System, Task Viewer.
2. Click the Processes List tab.
3. Click any of the following columns:
Namedisplays the name of the executable file that started the process
PIDdisplays the unique process ID number
User IDdisplays the user name of the user that started the process
CPUdisplays the process load (in percent) of the process
Timedisplays the total time that the process has been computed
Nicedisplays the scheduling priority of the process
Statusdisplays the status of the process
Memorydisplays the total amount of memory (in KB), including shared memory, that the process uses
Residentdisplays the amount of physical memory (in KB) that the process uses
Shareddisplays the amount of memory (in KB) that the process shares with other processes
Command Linedisplays the command that invoked the process
To display system processes in a tree format
1. Follow steps 1 to 3 from the previous procedure.
2. Enable the Show Tree check box.