Working in IT I field all sorts of questions across various levels of computer users. I find most users are aware of viruses and spyware, what it can do to the system as well as some of the symptoms. A fair number of them are at least loosely familiar with Windows Task Manager – a list of processes currently executing on the system, and know that spyware can sometimes be found there. However, this is where their knowledge and general comfort level with computers wane. What is spyware and what is normal? Names like igfxsrvc.exe or csrss.exe sure don’t lend any information as to what their function is. It is at this point that I recommend they run a quick Google on the process name and proceed from there. Typically, the site you would end up at is Process Library, probably the largest database of process types out there. If a process found running by Windows Task Manager is not contained in the library – well, that’s a bad thing! But, what if you could short circuit this look-up and have the information handy right from Task Manager?

Process QuickLink is a Windows Task Manager add-on by the above mentioned Process Library that does just that. Once installed, the light-weight executable displays an icon next to each process in Task Manager. When the icon is clicked on, you are redirected to the appropriate database entry in the Process Library via your default web browser. The level of integration is great and the entire functionality is provided at the expensive of only a few MBs of system memory.

Process QuickLink is compatible with all Microsoft releases from the NT operating system tree; specifically NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.