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YAPM as you may have guessed stands for Yet Another (remote) Process Monitor. However, YAPM has a lot of unique features which makes it stand out from the run of the mill Process Manager.

Adobe Photoshop is (in)famous for its significant load times. In fact it is so bad that Photoshop load times are often used as a benchmark for hard-disk performance by various tech enthusiasts.

Mimimen helps solve memory leaks and deal with bloatwares by automatically optimising RAM usage of selected processes.

OpenWith.Org Desktop tool tells you which applications are required to open any unknown file on your system.

According to Wikipedia 60% of hard disk crashes occur due to mechanical failures which is a gradual procedure. It is often possible to predict and avoid hard disk failures. CrystalDiskInfo is a a hard drive diagnostic tool which gives detailed information on your hard drive.

I am sure all of you have noticed the numerous svchost.exe entries in your task manager. Many of you may have wondered exactly what is svchost.exe? Svchost stands for Service Host. A service is a program that runs in the background and often provides critical functionalities required for functioning of other applications. During the booting [...]

Registry Cleaners are the topic of intense discussion among tech gurus. Do we need a Registry Cleaner? The opinion is certainly divided. While many Windows Gurus dismiss Registry Cleaners as unnecessary and dangerous, there are others who swear by it. I would probably fall in the later camp. I am a huge fan of TuneUp [...]