One reason to use the Task Manager in Windows is to see if any of the apps running on your computer are misbehaving or using a disproportionate amount of resources. But what do you do when the ...

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 ...

A new Windows 11 bug causes Task Manager to keep duplicating. Each time you close and reopen the tool, another instance launches. To avoid this, you'll have to close Task Manager from Task Manager ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft released optional update KB5067036 for Windows 11 users, adding a number of long-awaited features to the operating system, with the most notable improvement being a ...

Microsoft has confirmed that there's a new issue in Windows 11 that doesn't let users close the Task Manager after installing the October 2025 optional update. Cosing the Task Manager using the "X" ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new update for Windows 11 that adds more graphs to the Task Manager, according to Windows Latest. First discovered by Twitter user phantomofeath, the new update shows ...

As peculiar Windows bugs go, this one is a doozy. It seems Task Manager in the latest October update for Windows 11 (update KB5067036, which is both currently and mercifully optional) is determined to ...

Task Manager is one of the essential tools of Windows, an easy, always-available look at what software is running (or not). But most users don’t have it open constantly and even those who do probably ...

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