<s>
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
task	B-General_Concept
manager	I-General_Concept
and	O
system	B-Application
monitor	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
created	O
by	O
SysInternals	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
re-branded	O
as	O
Windows	O
Sysinternals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
Windows	O
Task	B-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
along	O
with	O
a	O
rich	O
set	O
of	O
features	O
for	O
collecting	O
information	O
about	O
processes	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
track	O
down	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
list	O
or	O
search	O
for	O
named	O
resources	O
that	O
are	O
held	O
by	O
a	O
process	B-Operating_System
or	O
all	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Task	B-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
,	O
it	O
can	O
show	O
a	O
process	B-Operating_System
that	O
is	O
maxing	O
out	O
the	O
CPU	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
Task	B-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
it	O
can	O
show	O
which	O
thread	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
callstack	O
)	O
is	O
using	O
the	O
CPU	O
–	O
information	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
even	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
debugger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
began	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
Sysinternals	O
days	O
as	O
two	O
separate	O
utilities	O
,	O
HandleEx	O
and	O
DLLView	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
merged	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2008	O
,	O
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
worked	O
on	O
Windows	O
9x	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
up	O
to	O
12.04	O
work	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
;	O
versions	O
14.0	O
and	O
higher	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
credui.dll	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
since	O
Windows	O
XP/2003	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
is	O
supported	O
up	O
to	O
version	O
16.05	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
upwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
"	O
Process	B-Operating_System
Hacker	O
"	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
to	O
replicate	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
