How Do You Find Which Microsoft Programs Are Running?
If you want to find out what Microsoft programs and services are running on your computer, you can do so through the Windows Task Manager. This utility provides a list of programs running on your computer, along with the username they are running under and their descriptions. This is useful information if you need to shut down certain processes because they are consuming too much memory or because they have frozen. Click the “Start” button, type “task manager” into the search box and then click on the result that says “View running processes with Task Manager.” Click on the “Processes” tab (if it is not already selected) and then click “Show processes from all users.” Look in the “Description” column to see a description of each process that is running on your computer. Any programs that have a description that includes “Microsoft” or “Windows” in their name, such as “Host Process for Windows Services” or “Microsoft Word,” will be Microsoft programs. To end a specific process, click on
