Can anybody recommend a Windows system monitoring tool similar to iPulse for the Mac?

Posted by John MacIntyre on Super User See other posts from Super User or by John MacIntyre
Published on 2009-12-07T20:49:47Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 8:51 UTC
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Occasionally, my PC grinds to a halt, and by the time I get any monitoring tools open (don't forget my PC is slow at this point), performance has picked up a bit.

A friend recently told me he uses iPulse, which is awesome since it's always running, and you can just glance at it when there's an issue to see what is happening. Unfortunately it's only for the Mac.

Does anybody know of a good Windows system monitoring tool similar to iPulse for the Mac?

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