View Processes Running on Windows Server

The following article applies for Windows Server 2008 and 2012.

1

Log in to your server through a Remote Desktop connection.

2

Hold Ctrl+Shift+Esc or right-click on the Windows bar, and choose Start Task Manager

3

In Windows Task Manager, go to the Processes tab.

By default, the Processes tab displays a list of the running processes and their actual resource utilization:

·       Image Name – the binary executable file of the running process

·       User Name – the user of the current process

·       CPU – processor time utilization as a percentage of total CPU resource

·       Memory – physical memory utilization in Kilobytes

·       Description

1

Log in to your server through a Remote Desktop connection.

2

Hold Ctrl+Shift+Esc or right-click on the Windows bar, and choose Start Task Manager.

3

In Windows Task Manager, click on More details.

4

The Processes tab displays all running processes and their current resources usage.

5

To see all processes executed by an individual user, go to the Users tab (1), and expand User (2).

In the above example, all running processes have been started by the user “Administrator.”