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My event log is listing a PID/Process ID. How do I get a list of PIDs on my computer? How do I identify what this is? I am running a standard home PC. This is not in a network or complex system. It is my computer, I own it.
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I am still seeking general tips on how a home user (A person who purchased their family PC) can identify what programs are when the only data I am given is a PID. I know I learned this in a very basic & general computer class. However, I do not remember how to do it. TechNet forums are difficult as they are not necessarily designed for home users. 90% of the posters there seem to be discussing corporate networks. Anyone with general tips/links I am very receptive to your input.
I do not know what the below means. Nor should I have to. I am a typical computer user. A process has been identified as a problem. Now, I just want to figure out what that 'process' is - I have its "process ID".
<br>The basic one, ask tasklist to filter its output and only show the indicated process id information<br><br><br><br> tasklist /fi "pid eq 4444" <br><br><br><br><br>To only get the process name, the line must be splitted<br><br><br><br> for /f "delims=," %%a in ('<br> tasklist /fi "pid eq 4444" /nh /fo:csv<br> ') do echo %%~a<br><br><br><br><br>In this case, the list of processes is retrieved without headers (/nh)<br> in csv format (/fo:csv).<br> The commas are used as token delimiters and the first token in the line is the image name<br><br><br><br>note:<br> In some windows versions (one of them, my case, is the spanish windows xp version), the pid filter in the tasklist does not work. In this case, the filter over the list of processes must be done out of the command<br><br><br><br> for /f "delims=," %%a in ('<br> tasklist /fo:csv /nh ^ |
findstr /b /r /c:"[^,]*,"4444","<br> ') do echo %%~a<br><br><br><br><br>This will generate the task list and filter it searching for the process id in the second column of the csv output.<br><br><br><br>edited:<br> alternatively, you can suppose what has been made by the team that translated the OS to spanish. I don't know what can happen in other locales.<br><br><br><br> tasklist /fi "idp eq 4444" |
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Hi Tony,
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