
In fact, you must have administrator access to the computer you’re using to run the process monitor tool. It isn’t as user-friendly as some Windows utilities and is used mainly by system administrators. Process monitor can help you see this kind of information.

You never see many behind-the-scenes activities as a regular user, like background downloads, processes sharing information, or errors that aren’t relayed to the person using the program. Process monitor is a Windows utility that helps you figure out what different programs on your computer are doing. Process Monitor is a convenient tool to have and understand when that time comes. Sometimes, you need the nitty-gritty details of what’s happening in each program on your computer. In today’s edition of Geek School we’re going to teach you how to use Process Monitor to actually accomplish troubleshooting and figuring out registry hacks that you would not know about otherwise.Many calculations and processes are going on behind the scenes of every program you use, and, for the most part, they aren’t that important for the user to understand. Lesson 5: Using Process Monitor to Troubleshoot and Find Registry Hacks Today in this edition of Geek School we’re going to teach you about how the Process Monitor utility allows you to peek under the hood and see what your favorite applications are really doing behind the scenes - what files they are accessing, the registry keys they use, and more. Understanding how Process Explorer’s dialogs and options work is all fine and good, but what about using it for some actual troubleshooting or to diagnose a problem? Today’s Geek School lesson will try and help you learn how to do just that. Lesson 3: Using Process Explorer to Troubleshoot and Diagnose But how well do you really know this utility? This lesson in our Geek School series covers Process Explorer, perhaps the most used and useful application in the SysInternals toolkit.

Not that we are questioning your geek skills. This How-To Geek School series will teach you how to use SysInternals tools like a pro, so your geek cred will never be in question. Lesson 1: What Are the SysInternals Tools and How Do You Use Them?

Join us as we take a deep dive into SysInternals. This How-To Geek School series will teach you how to Use SysInternals Tools Like a Pro, and even the most hard-core geeks will probably learn something new.
