To learn more about these steps, continue reading. Note: For your information, the threads are also known as Logical Processor(s). It is probably the easiest method to find the CPU cores and threads ...

You've probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows' Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is ...

Windows 11 is getting a change to avoid confusion around different reports of CPU usage levels in Task Manager This is just ...

If you’ve ever launched Task Manager only to watch your CPU usage hit 100% and stay there, you may have wondered why this sudden mystery spike in system resource usage occurs. After all, Task Manager ...

Microsoft has released the KB5064081 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, which includes thirty-six new features or changes, with many gradually rolling out. These updates include new Recall ...

In the latest update to Windows 11 24H2—patch KB5058411 which rolled out earlier in May—Microsoft made a quiet change to how Task Manager calculates CPU usage in the “Processes” tab, reports Windows ...

Sometimes you’ll be using your PC and suddenly notice it feels sluggish, for no apparent reason. It’s the type of situation where you’re clicking on things and doing your normal “Windowsing,” but for ...

This is an odd one.<BR><BR>It's a duron 1200, so not really a weak system as far as regular computing goes. It was doing literally nothing.. CPU usage stayed close to 20% but in the task manager other ...

I have an i7 running Windows 7 64 bit. When I built it it would show 8 CPU graphs in task manager. Now, I have not been in there lately, but was encoding a video yesterday and turned it on to see how ...

Windows 11 is far from perfect, but it does make Task Manager significantly better. It's modern, has a search bar, and easy-to-understand graphs. But what are some of the lesser-known features of the ...