How to Print the Windows Task Manager

Task Manager is a small application that usually comes standard with MS Window operating systems such as XP and Vista. The program can give you current information regarding many aspects of your computer including computer performance, processes, network activity, applications currently running, logged in users, and system services. The Task Manager can also help terminate processes or applications, set process priorities, and even shutdown Windows. While Task Manager provides the user with plenty of utility, many times a computer user or administrator will also want to print out information it displays. Printing the Windows Task Manager screen is quite simple to accomplish. Here are some tips.

Before you can print out Windows Task Manager, you must first open the program. There are several ways to open it including:
Use the key combination of CTRL+ALT+DEL
Use the key combination of CTRL+ Shift+ ESC
Creating a shortcut for the application and double clicking it
From the command line, input "Taskmgr.exe"

There are two ways to print the information viewed on task manager. The first is by simply printing the screen, the second is by using a small bit of code to specifically print the processes information.
Using Print Screen Function to print Task Manager

Using Print Screen is quite simple – just launch task manager, choose the tab that you would like to print and resize the window to fit your needs, and then simply press Print Screen on your keyboard and import it into a word document to print out via your printer.

Print Task Manager with Code
If you would like to print the contents of the processes tab in Task Manager, you can do so using code. The code below can be found at the following link: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1420785&page=1

strComputer = "."
Const ForReading = 1
Const ForWriting = 2
Const ForAppending = 8
'==============================================================
Const Data_Path = "C:Backup"
Const fileName = "process.txt"

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not FSO.FileExists(Data_Path & filename) Then
 Set f = fso.OpenTextFile(Data_Path & fileName,2, True)
Else
 Set f = fso.OpenTextFile(Data_Path & fileName,8)
End If

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!" _
 & strComputer & "rootcimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Process")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
 f.WriteLine "Process " & objProcess.Name
Next

Short note on Alg.exe

Alg.exe represents the Application Layer Gateway Service and it is a component of Microsoft Windowsoperating system. It is an essential process and it’s required for the Internet Connection Sharing and the Windows Internet Connection Firewall. Upon execution, alg.exe calls a number of DLLs and processes for initialization of the Internet Connection Firewall and the Microsoft Windows Internet Connection. Alg.exe is essential for secure and stable running of computer and so, it should not be terminated.

Alg.exe allows an individual to use third-party protocol plugins on the system. So, if you use a third-party firewall then you should not remove this process. Also, if you use Internet Connection Sharing or Windows Firewall then you should not remove this process as removing it causes you to lose the network connectivity until the next system reboot. In addition to this, other network-related software also need alg.exe for their proper functioning

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Only one copy of alg.exe is available in memory at any given time and if you see more than one copy of alg.exe then you’re most likely to have a spyware or a virus on your system. You can use the Task Manager to check how many copies of alg.exe are available in memory. Also, another important point regarding alg.exe is that ‘Local Service’ usually appears as the user name for it and if there’s an instance of alg.exe with a different user name then it could be a malware.