What's My Computer Doing? AlternativesProcess Management Tools and other similar apps like What's My Computer Doing?

What's My Computer Doing? is described as 'This program will tell you which programs are accessing your hard disk or using your CPU at any given moment. You will be able to determine why your hard drive is in use or what program is sucking up processor time' and is a process management tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to What's My Computer Doing? for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, PortableApps.com and Kindle Fire apps. The best What's My Computer Doing? alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like What's My Computer Doing? are Process Monitor, Task Manager, GNOME System Monitor and Xfce Task Manager.

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  1. Process Explorer icon

    Process Explorer

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    Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...

    74 Process Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to What's My Computer Doing?.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to What's My Computer Doing?.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryWhat's My Computer Doing? is also Free and Proprietary
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    Process Monitor

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    Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...

    55 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. Task Manager icon

    Task Manager

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    Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network...

    70 Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. GNOME System Monitor icon

    GNOME System Monitor

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    System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    79 GNOME System Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
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    • GNOME System Monitor is the most popular Linux alternative to What's My Computer Doing?.

    • GNOME System Monitor is the most popular Open Source alternative to What's My Computer Doing?.

    • GNOME System Monitor is Free and Open SourceWhat's My Computer Doing? is Free and Proprietary
    • GNOME System Monitor is LightweightWhat's My Computer Doing? is not according to our users
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    Samsung My Files

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    "My Files" manages all the files on your smartphone, just like a file explorer on your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • Samsung My Files is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to What's My Computer Doing?.

    • Samsung My Files is Free and ProprietaryWhat's My Computer Doing? is also Free and Proprietary
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    StatusPilatus

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    Monitor your PC like never before!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • StatusPilatus is the most popular Mac alternative to What's My Computer Doing?.

    • StatusPilatus is Free and Open SourceWhat's My Computer Doing? is Free and Proprietary
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    TaskInfo

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    TaskInfo is a poweful utility that combines and improves features of Task Manager and System Information tools. It visually monitors (in text and graphical forms) different types of system information in any Windows system (95, 98, ME, NT 4.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. Filez: Ultimate File Manager for Android icon

    Filez: Ultimate File Manager for Android

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    Filez: Ultimate File Manager for Android built with bleeding edge technologies. Get access to your recent files, images, media and documents in one tap. Browse your file system with no restrictions.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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    • Filez: Ultimate File Manager for Android is the most popular commercial alternative to What's My Computer Doing?.

    • Filez: Ultimate File Manager for Android is Paid and ProprietaryWhat's My Computer Doing? is Free and Proprietary
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    LXTask

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    LXTask is the standard task manager and system monitor of LXDE. It starts via Ctrl+Alt+Del and is extremely lightweight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    ES Task Manager

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    A manager for tasks on the Android platform. An excellent task manager & killer. It can also optimize memory, storage, & cache. It integrates well with ES File Explorer & users can easily switch between the two apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
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