From 327c79a26e19bd83532c7650b9de65aff5f1726f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Hildebrandt <hildebrandt@plus-innovations.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 08:45:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] processes() revert added user (windows)

---
 CHANGELOG.md        | 3 ++-
 README.md           | 2 +-
 docs/history.html   | 5 +++++
 docs/index.html     | 2 +-
 docs/processes.html | 2 +-
 lib/processes.js    | 8 ++------
 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24853aa..0aeda96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ For major (breaking) changes - **version 4, 3 and 2** - see end of page.
 
 | Version | Date       | Comment                                                                                             |
 | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| 5.30.1  | 2026-01-07 | `networkInterfaces()`, `users()` improved date parsing (linux).                                     |
+| 5.30.2  | 2026-01-08 | `processes()` revert added user (windows)                                                           |
+| 5.30.1  | 2026-01-07 | `networkInterfaces()`, `users()` improved date parsing (linux)                                      |
 | 5.30.0  | 2026-01-06 | `processes()` added user (windows)                                                                  |
 | 5.29.1  | 2026-01-05 | `fsSize()` support network attached storage (linux)                                                 |
 | 5.29.0  | 2026-01-04 | `osInfo()` added OS code name (windows)                                                             |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a865b6..5ac4062 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ si.cpu()
 
 (last 7 major and minor version releases)
 
-- Version 5.30.0: `processes()` added user (windows)
+- Version 5.30.0: `processes()` added user (windows) - needed to be reverted
 - Version 5.29.0: `osInfo()` added OS code name (windows)
 - Version 5.28.0: `cpuTemperature()` added suppurt for macos-temperature-sensor (macOS)
 - Version 5.27.0: `mem()` added reclaimable memory
diff --git a/docs/history.html b/docs/history.html
index 8ac088f..c6912c3 100644
--- a/docs/history.html
+++ b/docs/history.html
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
                   <tbody>
                     <tr>
                       <th scope="row">5.30.2</th>
+                      <td>2026-01-08</td>
+                      <td><span class="code">processes()</span> reverted added users (windows)</td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                      <th scope="row">5.30.1</th>
                       <td>2026-01-07</td>
                       <td><span class="code">users()</span> improved date parsing (linux)</td>
                     </tr>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index bdaa1a1..8fe5140 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       <img class="logo" src="assets/logo.png" alt="logo">
       <div class="title">systeminformation</div>
       <div class="subtitle"><span id="typed"></span>&nbsp;</div>
-      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.30.1</span></div>
+      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.30.3</span></div>
       <button class="btn btn-light" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation'">View on Github <i class=" fab fa-github"></i></button>
     </div>
     <div class="down">
diff --git a/docs/processes.html b/docs/processes.html
index cb2684d..083e568 100644
--- a/docs/processes.html
+++ b/docs/processes.html
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ si.currentLoad().then(data => console.log(data));</code></pre>
                     <td>X</td>
                     <td>X</td>
                     <td>X</td>
-                    <td>X</td>
+                    <td></td>
                     <td>X</td>
                     <td>user who started process</td>
                   </tr>
diff --git a/lib/processes.js b/lib/processes.js
index 01f24ec..a3e60c8 100644
--- a/lib/processes.js
+++ b/lib/processes.js
@@ -935,10 +935,7 @@ function processes(callback) {
             util
               .powerShell(
                 `Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | select-Object ProcessId,ParentProcessId,ExecutionState,Caption,CommandLine,ExecutablePath,UserModeTime,KernelModeTime,WorkingSetSize,Priority,PageFileUsage,
-                @{n="CreationDate";e={$_.CreationDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")}},
-                @{n="User";e={$OwnerInfo = Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $_ -MethodName GetOwner
-                    if($OwnerInfo.ReturnValue -eq 0) {"$($OwnerInfo.Domain)\\$($OwnerInfo.User)"} else {""}
-                }} | ConvertTo-Json -compress`
+                @{n="CreationDate";e={$_.CreationDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")}} | ConvertTo-Json -compress`
               )
               .then((stdout, error) => {
                 if (!error) {
@@ -963,7 +960,6 @@ function processes(callback) {
                     const utime = element.UserModeTime;
                     const stime = element.KernelModeTime;
                     const memw = element.WorkingSetSize;
-                    const user = element.User;
                     allcpuu = allcpuu + utime;
                     allcpus = allcpus + stime;
                     result.all++;
@@ -1000,7 +996,7 @@ function processes(callback) {
                       started: element.CreationDate,
                       state: statusValue ? _winStatusValues[statusValue] : _winStatusValues[0],
                       tty: '',
-                      user,
+                      user: '',
                       command: commandLine || name,
                       path: commandPath,
                       params: ''