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Give that a try. It's called process monitor. It's a more advanced tool than the built in one.
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Looking for free tools, have already used process monitor. This is more to view inside the apps.
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I have a process which is using a high percentage of the CPU, the process needs to run but I am keen to find any pieces of software that can show me exactly what this process is doing ?
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I have a process which is using a high percentage of the CPU, the process needs to run but I am keen to find any pieces of software that can show me exactly what this process is doing ?

Tools to troubleshoot hign CPU Utilization

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.