The Good
* Straightforward and easy to use.
* Allows users to monitor many aspects of one's computer including but not limited to CPU usage, RAM usage, hard drive usage, network usage, running processes, etc.
* Can free RAM by defragging it.
* Has the ability to export data into TXT files.
* Allows users to easily search (Google, Altavista, Yahoo, and ProcessLibary) for information.
* Provides quick access to native Windows tools/settings.
* Has a floating widget/window showing CPU usage, RAM usage, hard drive activity, and network usage.

The Bad
* Cannot monitor/show computer temperatures.
* Floating widget/window cannot be locked into place.

Free Alternatives
AnVir Task Manager

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Ashraf  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+126)

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This is a great tool for demonstrating Hyper-V Dynamic Memory....

As soon as memory is defragged inside the VM, Hyper-V detects an increase in memory use and adds some RAM, clearly showing 'defraging' is all about claiming a lot of memory and not about MOVING memoryblocks like defragmenting a disk. Naming it defrag is just misleading.

Defragmenting a rotating drive is good, 'Defrag' of RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY serves no point at all.

But ill keep it, Just as a showcase of the different views people have on good memory management and a nice demonstration of Dynamic Memory adding memory and claiming it back.

Peter  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+21)

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WARNING TO EVERYBODY DO NOT USE "LOCK"
it locks the computer and asks for password
computer will not unlock

allhadis  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+16)

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Installed problem free on an XP Sp3. Is pretty detailed and has a user-friendly interface. Was a little startled with the sudden music that automatically starts up when defragging the RAM but, no biggy. Looks useful and very promising.

Jibaro  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+15)

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Here's how you can be certain that "defragging your RAM" is worthless: Microsoft spends millions of dollars every new release of Windows measuring and tweaking to make it faster, because they know for many people it's the #1 requirement. You might think they don't do a good job, but I guarantee that if "defragging your RAM" was part of the answer, they would be doing it. This concept has been around for years, I remember utilities that claimed to do it for Windows 95.

For the software engineer above -- yes, you can have a heap (internal memory datastructure) that gets so fragmented that your application can't make an allocation, and fails. But heap technology is pretty advanced these days: most heaps are tuned to not be prone to fragmentation. A well written application that tends to allocate in a pattern that will hit this will allocate from its own buffer up front. I'm also very sceptical that they could pull off defragmenting a heap, since programs have pointers directly to the memory, and you can't reliably determine which those are in order to fix them up.

Bottom line - bogus. Yes, I'm a software developer that works for a certain huge software company, and I know a little about this. Don't waste your time. For the other features -- visit sysinternals.com (run by Microsoft) and start with process monitor.

Joe

joe hobbs  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+15)

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