Introduction
PsSuspend lets you suspend processes on the local or a remote system, which is desirable
in cases where a process is consuming a resource (e.g. network, CPU or disk) that
you want to allow different processes to use. Rather than kill the process that's
consuming the resource, suspending permits you to let it continue operation at some
later point in time.
Installation
Copy PsSuspend onto your executable path and type "pssuspend" with command-line options
defined below.
PsSuspend works on NT 4.0, Win2K and Windows XP.
Usage
Running PsSuspend with a process ID directs it to suspend or resume the
process of that ID on the local computer. If you specify a process name
PsSuspend will suspend or resume all processes that have that name. Specify
the -r switch to resume suspended processes.
usage: pssuspend [-?] [-r] [\\computer [-u username] [-p password]] <process name | process id>
-?
Displays the supported options.
-r
Resumes the specified processes specified if they are suspended.
\\computer
Specifies the computer on which the process you want
to suspend or resume is executing. The remote computer must be accessible
via the NT network neighborhood.
-u username
If you want to suspend a process on a remote system
and the account you are executing in does not have administrative privileges
on the remote system then you must login as an administrator using this
command-line option. If you do not include the password with the -p option
then PsSuspend will prompt you for the password without echoing your input
to the display.
-p password
This option lets you specify the login password on
the command line so that you can use PsSuspend from batch files. If you
specify an account name and omit the -p option PsSuspend prompts you interactively
for a password.
process id
Specifies the process ID of the process you want to suspend or resume.
process name
Specifies the process name of the process or processes you want to suspend or resume.
PsTools
PsSuspend is part of a growing kit of Sysinternals command-line tools
that aid in the adminstration of local and remote Windows NT/2K systems
named PsTools.
Download PsSuspend (36KB)
Download PsTools
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