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When my computer responds slowly, I go to sysinternals's Process Explorer and sort by CPU. &nbsp;My understanding is that processes that show high CPU useage are slowing down my computer's responsiveness and are candidates to kill, to improve responsiveness?<br />
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Is this right?<br />
What other columns can I use to find candidates to kill to improve responsiveness?<br />
Is there something I can read to better use Process Exp to find computer problems?
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When my computer responds slowly, I go to sysinternals's Process Explorer and sort by CPU.  My understanding is that processes that show high CPU useage are slowing down my computer's responsiveness and are candidates to kill, to improve responsiveness?

Is this right?
What other columns can I use to find candidates to kill to improve responsiveness?
Is there something I can read to better use Process Exp to find computer problems?

How to use sysinternals to find out why computer responding slowly

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.