systeminformer

I recommend System Informer. Such a great tool! https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer

I wish Linux had two more things: - https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer power-user process explorer - something akin windows system monitor, gnome's needs an upgrade

I wanted to point to FOSS (GPL3) alternative ProcessHacker [1] which I'm using for years, and found out that their github link [2] now redirects to systeminformer [3], looks like repo rebranding, wasn't able to find it mentioned anywhere though. [1]: https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/ [2]: https://github.com/processhacker/processhacker/ [3]: https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer/

From: https://github.com/processhacker/processhacker/discussions/7... >The existing drivers are compatible with Win11 and haven't been blocked by Microsoft yet... The large majority of changes by Microsoft are limited to restricting the Windows API with signature checks that block competitors software (e.g. CreateWindowInBand, NtQuerySystemInformation, NtQueryInformationProcess to name a few) rather than directly targeting the drivers themselves. >The signature checks added to those functions and classes only block third-parties and this includes signed binaries. We won't be able to implement the same functionality as Task Manager and Process Explorer because of those Microsoft-only signature checks even after we sort out the submission issue. >Always-on-top, Auto-elevation, DPS statistics, Default taskmgr application preferences (Microso

The same question has been answered in the linked GitHub issue, though the comment was marked as off topic. It's special administrative console, more in depth info what that actually is in the comment. https://github.com/processhacker/processhacker/discussions/7...

Instead of process explorer, I highly recommend people to use Process Hacker[0]. It's open source, contains a lot of information missing from process explorer, and has a much cleaner user interface. Another great one is WinObjEx64[1], which allows exploring the NT namespace. [0]: https://github.com/processhacker/processhacker [1]: https://github.com/hfiref0x/WinObjEx64

I'll suggest Process Hacker [0] It is the ultimate Task Manger, open source, supports amazing plugins , and has tons of features that sysinternals Process Explorer lacks. Be sure to get the nightly/3.0 branch , the 2.0 branch is several years old. Also I strongly suggest building the plugins extra repo [1], has some great ones, like a terminator plugin that can kill apps various user and kernel ways. Unfortunately due to a personal dispute with a Webroot employee and Microsoft its signature ended up in antivirus databases, so don't expect any love from Microsoft. They often look at the APIs PH uses and use signature checks and other ways to block/discourage PH from using them. Also expect having to whitelist it with anti-virus products, but the source code is open and you can build it yourself if you don't trust what you are getting. [2

Agreed that the Sysinternals Suite is indispensable for anyone trying to do real work on Windows. As for Process Explorer, the open-source Process Hacker is even better: https://github.com/processhacker/processhacker

"Highest" I don't know, but "code whose quality I look up to", then: For C: Process Hacker and some similar code that is designed like and written around Windows kernel APIs: https://github.com/processhacker/processhacker/blob/master/p... For C++: Some of the Boost code, and stuff like it, such as P-Stade Oven: https://github.com/himura/p-stade/blob/master/pstade/pstade/... For others: (need to look later, I forget)