Task Manager is one of the most useful diagnostic and troubleshooting tools in Windows. Press its keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Shift+Esc, or use the option on the Quick Link menu, and you're greeted with ...

Hold on. Don’t just reboot your Windows 7 PC. I realize that rebooting is the go-to solution when a program won’t shut down, or the system starts dragging or acting wonky, but there is another way.

Windows 11/10 Task Manager opens to the Processes tab by default, but you can now set the default tab to open. This is a new feature that has been added to Windows now. The Task Manager is used to ...

Chrome has a built-in Task Manager that shows tabs, extensions, and memory use, and you can use it to speed up your browser.

When you open up the Windows Task Manager and examine the Process tab, you’re likely to find dozens of different processes running on your system (I counted over sixty running on mine.) Many, if not ...

If you're a longtime Windows user, you've probably encountered the Task Manager on more than one occasion. This handy Windows feature gives you an overview of what your computer is doing from ...

The most neglected feature of Windows since it landed in 1995, Task Manager has finally received some love in Windows 8. Here's what's new. David Gilson has always revelled in tech and started writing ...

If you can imagine using something like Process Hacker, you should get it. Process Hacker 2.30 is a powerful replacement for Windows’ Task Manager, and serves to provide both information and a way to ...

A Windows utility that identifies all the current programs running in the computer. It is launched by right clicking the Taskbar or by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del. Task Manager is used to end programs that ...

Microsoft recently showed off some of the improvements to Task Manager in Windows 8, which notably adds a color-coded "heat map." The heat map is perhaps the most helpful addition in the new Task ...