---
title: "Real-Time Process Details"
slug: "live-process-details"
tags: ["ControlUp for Desktops"]
updated: 2026-08-02T10:26:07Z
published: 2026-08-02T10:26:07Z
canonical: "support.controlup.com/live-process-details"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.controlup.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Real-Time Process Details

The **Active Processes** tab gives you a live, detailed view of every application and background service running on the device. You can use this view to identify resource-hogging applications, spot unauthorized processes, or terminate frozen programs.

### Prerequisites

**Supported devices**

- Windows Agent version 2.17.7 or higher

## Access the Active Processes tab

In **Devices**, drill down into the details for a specific device and select the **Active Processes** tab. Note that only one ControlUp user can access the Active Processes tab for a specific device at any given time.

![Accessing active processes tab](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/AccessActiveProcesses.png)

The main view lists all running processes. You can search for specific items using the search bar (supports Process Name or PID).

## Columns

- **Name:** Displays the executable name followed by its Process ID (PID) (e.g., `chrome.exe (12968)`).
- **Architecture:** Indicates if the process is 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64).
- **Elevated:** Displays `Yes` if the process is running with administrative privileges.
- **User:** Shows the username running the process, followed by the Session ID in parentheses.
- **Duration**: The time the process has been running.
- **Priority**: The CPU priority level for the process. You can click on a process and drill down into the **Threads** tab to see the exact priority value.
- **Service**: Whether the process is running as a service.
- **Resource Usage:** Real-time metrics for **CPU %**, **Memory %**, **Disk I/O**, and **Network I/O**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Tip: Read vs. Write I/O** The table displays total I/O activity. To distinguish between input and output, **hover over the Disk I/O or Network I/O values**. A tooltip will appear showing the specific Read vs. Write breakdown.

## Management actions

You can interact directly with processes from the main table:

- **Pause Auto Refresh:** Click the button in the top-right to freeze the data for easier analysis.
- **Context Menu:** Right-click on any row to access quick actions:
  - **Copy to Clipboard:** Copies the row data for reporting.
  - **End Process:** Immediately sends a termination command to the remote device to kill the selected application.
  - **View Details:** Opens the advanced process details blade.

## Process details (drilldown)

Clicking on any row (or selecting **View Details** from the right-click menu) displays additional information about the process for advanced troubleshooting:

- **Process Details**: Displays metadata about the executable.
- **Loaded Modules**: Displays a list of all DLLs and modules loaded by the process.
- **Threads**: Displays a granular view of the process’s execution threads.

![process details drilldown](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/ProcessDetailsDrilldown.png)

## Known issues

- NLS (National Language Support) files do not appear when you drill down into a process’s loaded modules.