If you have a quad-core CPU with eight logical cores after Hyper-Threading, you have probably noticed that the Performance tab of the Windows 7 Task Manager really struggles to display real-time ...

Microsoft has rolled out important updates to Task Manager in Windows 11, the window that lets users peer into active processes on their PC. The key change to Task Manager is process filtering, one of ...

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Since the advent of Windows in the early '90s, the saving grace of many panicked users has been the combination of the CTRL, ALT, and DEL keys. This holdover keyboard code from IBM's heyday in the ...

Hold down CTRL with the Task Manager open in Windows and prepare to be amazed. Hold down CTRL with the Task Manager open in Windows and prepare to be amazed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

The buzz about Redmond's upcoming release of Windows 8 has been clogging up the intertubes lately. Fanboys and haters alike have been testing the developer release, and either pointing out what they ...

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 ...