Where can I go to find user friendly descriptions for the processes
shown running in Task Manager? ie:SMAA.exe, Smc.exe, ccApp.exe, etc.
Not just MS processes.

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Request for Question Clarification by tlspiegel-ga on 09 Nov 2003 23:13 PST

Hi marticm,

My research turned up no freeware.  However I did find software you
can purchase which will not only give a complete user friendly
description of all processes running, but also gives you the option of
editing the names.
 
Descriptions with user-friendly names, for example: "Google -
Microsoft Internet Explorer" instead of "iexplore.exe"

Descriptions on many common processes, for example: spoolsv.exe ->
Windows spooler (Printer job handling)

Editable process names - assign your own names to common processes.

The software would definitely give you the ability to see what's what
in a clear fashion - taking all the mystery out of what processes are
running on your computer.

If you feel this answers your question, please post a clarification
and I'll be happy to provide more information.

Best regards,
tlspiegel

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Clarification of Question by marticm-ga on 10 Nov 2003 04:26 PST

I have found sites that tell me what the common MS processes are that
are running. I discovered a site once that I can not now find that
gave fairly up to date information on outside "contributors" to the
lists of tasks running in Task Manager. This is what I am looking for.
I remember it having an alphabetical list that sometimes had dozens
listed under certain letters.

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Clarification of Question by marticm-ga on 10 Nov 2003 04:32 PST

Dug deep enough in Ask Jeeves responses and finally found it.

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.php#Search

Thank you.

there must be a tool that makes this easier, but you can run
'services.msc' and then look at all the 'started' services to see
what's running.

Please let me know if these pages answer your question:
Service list
http://camica.netfirms.com/services.htm

Windows Services: NT, 2000 and XP 
http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html

livioflores-ga

hello marticm
please review this product

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintasksstd/features/

NOTE:ITS NOT FREEWARE :-(