Windows’ Task Manager is undoubtedly one of the most useful tools in Microsoft’s operating system, but there are moments when it simply can’t do the job.
That’s why Process Hacker might be a life-saving tool, as it has been designed as an ultra enhanced version of Task Manager, giving full control over the processes that are running on a computer.
At a first look, the amount of information Process Hacker displays may be a bit daunting even for an average user. However, upon closer inspection you'll notice that everything is quite easy to understand.
Not only that it shows details about every single process running on your machine, but it can also draw graphs, find handles or DLLs, show GPU information, create new services, view disk and network usage and search online for even more information about a given item.
Process Hacker can display the whole process tree and let you terminate it with a single click, thus closing apps completely. It also features a function that lets you suspend the activity of an item.
The System Information screen is one of the goodies that impressed us the most during our test as it provides a detailed report concerning the computer, including valuable data regarding physical memory, CPU usage, network traffic and many more.
Process Hacker is also able to show statistics for every single process, drawing graphs to let you track its performance and showing handles for hardcore users who wish to have full control over the processes running on their computers.
The configuration panel allows you to set up many aspects of the application. It can be used to enable cycle-based CPU usage, include CPU usage of process children or simply make Process Hacker the default process manager on your system.

What's New in This Release:
NEW/IMPROVED:
Updated OnlineChecks plugin:
· 2012-01-16: Updated VirusTotal uploader and added hash checking
FIXED:
· Fixed Description column sorting bug
· Fixed notification icon bug