Practical: Tasklist Analysis
Your server is running slow. You suspect a process is eating up all the RAM. Let's use tasklist with filters to find the culprit.
The Mission
Identify any process using more than 100 MB of memory.
Step 1: Filter by Memory Usage
We use /fi (Filter) to look for memory usage greater than (gt) 100,000 KB.
Command Prompt
C:\Users\User>tasklist /fi "MEMUSAGE gt 100000"
Step 2: Check for Specific DLLs
Sometimes you need to know which process is using a specific system library. Use /m.
Command Prompt
C:\Users\User>tasklist /m ntdll.dll
Knowledge Check
1 / 2Which operator checks for 'Greater Than' in filters?
References
These Microsoft Learn and Windows documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.