Task Manager (Pro edition)

Introduction

Task Manager gives you complete control over running processes and open windows.. To view Task Manager, click Task Manager button in the left toolbar (in Main Window).  
‘Task Manager’ window is divided into 5 parts: 
  - The programs’ list box at upper left.
  - The programs’ toolbar at upper right.
  - Two buttons between programs' toolbar and windows' toolbar that describe what programs and windows will be listed in both list Boxes.
  - The windows’ list box at lower left.
  - The windows’ toolbar at lower right.

The Two Buttons

These two buttons describe one of the following three states:
      1) Display all running programs and open windows.
      2) Display all running programs and clear windows' list box; if you select an item in programs' list box, all the windows created by this program will only be displayed in windows' list box.
      3) Display all open windows and clear programs' list box; if you select an item in windows' list box, the program that owns this window will only be displayed in programs' list box.
 
To select the first state, click the button at the right. To select the second and the third state, click the other button (the button at the left), if the arrow points to windows' list box, it means the second state and vice versa. Reclick the button (the button at the left) to inverse the arrow.

Programs’ List box

List of Programs that are currently running on your machine. 
You can also prevent some programs from being listed or to give a warning message before any attempt for closing a program. (See ‘Programs’ tab in Options) 
 
The column headings and descriptions are as follows: 
      Program title: Understandable title for the running program. 
      Risk Rating: A primary risk rating based on some general properties of the process. 
      Full Path: Displays the full path of the program. 
      Committed Memory: This is the amount of memory in the program's virtual address space that is allocated physical storage. 
      Reserved Memory: This is the amount of memory that is reserved in the Program's virtual address space. Reserved memory is not physically allocated any storage but it prevents that address space from being used by other allocation operations
      Free Memory: This is the amount of memory in the program's virtual address space that is neither reserved nor committed
      Priority (Performance): The priority of the program. (See Process Priority for more details)
      Processes: Number of processes created by this program. 
      Program Description: The description of this program. 
      Company Name: The company that owns this program. 
      Product name: The product name of this program. 
      CPU: The percentage of the processor(s) used by the process (Windows NT/2000/XP only)

Programs’ toolbar

      Program Priority: Changes the priority (perofrmance) of the selected program(s). (See Process Priority for more details)
      Terminate: Terminates the selected program(s), EndTask enumerates through all process that belong to this process and terminates them immediately, use this button if the program is not responding. You will lose any unsaved data created in this program. If you want to terminate a process, you can either select a window belongs to this process and terminate it, or you can go to Program’s details .
      Terminate and restart: The same as the previous button, yet it restarts the selected program(s) after terminating it. 
      Program's details: Invokes Program’s details window. 
      Quarantine: Allows you to view the Quarantine or move selected program(s) to the Quarantine. 

       Spyware Search: Launches Spyware Search tool. Spyware Search is a handy tool that helps you search top spyware databases and forums for a specified process.
      Listview properties: Displays the List Box dropdown menu: 

           Large Icons: Displays large icons in programs’ list box.
           Small Icons: Displays small icons in programs’ list box.
           Details: Displays programs’ details in programs’ list box.

      Risk Monitor: Monitors the selected program(s) for Risky behavior. 

       

Windows’ List box

List of open windows. You can specify what windows will be listed from ‘Windows’ tab in Options. 
 
The column headings and descriptions are as follows: 
      Name: The title of the window. 
      Status: Indicates whether the window is responding or not responding. 
      Handle: A number assigned to a window that is used by the operating system to keep track of the attributes of the window. 
      Exe file: The path of the program that created this window. 
      Visible: Indicates whether the window is visible or hidden. 
      Always-on top: Indicates whether the window is always on top or not. Always-on top window is the window that is top most always (always above all other windows). 
      Enabled: Indicates whether the window is enabled or not. 
      Process ID:The identification number of the process that owns this window (see What is the difference between Programs, Processes, Threads and Windows? for more information)). 
      Thread ID: The identification number of the thread that owns this window (see What is the difference between Programs, Processes, Threads and Windows? for more information)). 
      Position: The dimensions of the bounding rectangle of a window. The dimensions are given in screen coordinates that are relative to the upper-left corner of the screen. The position is written in this form: 
           (  [x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangle] , 
           [y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangle]  ) - 
           ( [x-coordinate of the lower-right corner of the rectangle] , 
           [y-coordinate of the lower-right corner of the rectangle]  ) 

Windows’ toolbar

      Check response: Checks whether the selected window(s) is responding or not.
      Close Safely: Closes the selected window(s) safely. If the window(s) is not responding, you should use the third button, 'Terminate', instead. 
      Terminate: Terminates the selected window(s). EndTask terminates the process that owns this window immediately.
      Terminate and Restart: The same as the previous button, yet it restarts the program(s) that owns the selected window(s) after terminating it. 
      Switch to Window for seconds: Switches the selected window for seconds. Use this button if you don’t know what the selected window is. 
      Switch to Window: Switches to the selected window(s). 
      Always on top: Sets/Unsets the selected window(s) to be always on top of all the other windows. 
      Listview properties: Displays the List Box dropdown menu: 

           Large Icons: Displays large icons in windows’ list box.
           Small Icons: Displays small icons in windows’ list box.
           Details: Displays windows’ details in windows’ list box. 
     Right-Click any item in Windows list box for more tools:
     Show / Hide Window : Makes any Window(s) visible or hidden. 
      Maximize , Minimize or Restore any Window.