Round two of #SoftwareYouNeedTuesDay!

First, another SysInternals app straight from Microsoft:

ProcessExplorer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

It's Task Manager on crack! You can even set it to replace the default task manager. See which app has a file open, or which DLLs are loaded, or see and manipulate individual process threads, and much more

Next, for the gamers:

Nvidia Profile Inspector: https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector/releases

This tool allows you to dig deep into the profiles that Nvidia distributes for each game with their drivers. Ever seen a "Game Ready Driver" for a specific title? That's a new profile

Detailed guide here: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Nvidia_Profile_Inspector

Let's do some Software You Didn't Know You Need. We'll call it....

#SoftwareYouNeedTuesDay
(pronounced like Today)

We'll start with two 'upkeep' apps:

Autoruns: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

From Microsoft's SysInternals set of apps, this tool lists all the things that run automatically (get it?) when you log in to Windows; there's more than just Task Manager => Startup; these things can be hidden in various Registry keys too!

GhostBuster: https://bitbucket.org/wvd-vegt/ghostbuster/src/master/

Remove 'ghost' devices from your PC that are no longer present but still have records for 'if they get plugged in again'. Can help fix some problems with device driver installs