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How to manage running Windows apps, processes, and services, using the built-in Task Manager. How to end unresponsive apps and background processes.

How to open the Task Manager in Windows 11 and Windows 10

How to open the Task Manager in Windows 11 and Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Tudor Dan
  • 12.10.2021
Task Manager is a great tool that helps you manage the way apps, processes, and services run on your Windows PC. Before you can work with the Task Manager, you should first know how to open it. In this guide, we show you different ways...
How disable the Task Manager in Windows 10

How disable the Task Manager in Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 24.02.2020
There are some cases in which you might want to disable Task Manager in Windows 10. There are also opposite situations, when you want to enable Task Manager, like when your computer was infected by malware that disabled the Task Manager. In such a case,...
7 better alternatives to the Task Manager from Windows

7 better alternatives to the Task Manager from Windows

  • misc
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 31.10.2019
The Task Manager app from Windows is an essential feature of the operating system, and nearly everyone has used it on their computers. We also think that the most frequent use of this tool is to close apps that no longer respond to clicks and...
View details about running processes with the Windows 10 Task Manager

View details about running processes with the Windows 10 Task Manager

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 18.07.2019
Although Task Manager's Processes tab offers detailed information about how programs use system resources, it is the Details tab that allows you to find out everything you need to know about running processes (and more). Task Manager's Details tab provides generous data about each process...
How to manage signed-in user accounts with the Task Manager in Windows 10

How to manage signed-in user accounts with the Task Manager in Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 27.06.2019
  Having multiple user accounts logged in on your Windows 10 computer can make swapping between them faster, but it can also waste resources as your computer is forced to maintain two separate environments in memory. If you want the chance to weigh the benefits...
How to identify the Windows 10 apps that hog system resources

How to identify the Windows 10 apps that hog system resources

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 13.06.2019
Regardless of how new or old your Windows 10 computer is, at times, you might find that it starts lagging and stops being responsive. That usually means that something is hogging its resources. It might be an app that takes up all your processor, one...
How to view and disable startup programs from Windows 10's Task Manager

How to view and disable startup programs from Windows 10's Task Manager

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 11.06.2019
With Windows 10, Microsoft has improved the startup time of our PCs. However, performance degrades over time, slowing down your device. As you install more and more desktop apps, they sneak themselves or their agents onto the startup list, lengthening the list of startup applications...
Manage, start, stop, or restart Windows 10 services from the Task Manager

Manage, start, stop, or restart Windows 10 services from the Task Manager

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 07.06.2019
A service is a special type of application intended to provide features to the user and the operating system, that launches and runs in the background, without a user interface to click on. As in previous versions, the Task Manager from Windows 10 comes with...
11 ways to manage running processes with the Task Manager in Windows 10

11 ways to manage running processes with the Task Manager in Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 06.06.2019
The Windows 10 Task Manager gives you a lot of power when it comes to monitoring system resources. The Processes tab shares more information than ever before, allowing you to customize the data it shows according to your needs. Here is how to tweak the...
How to set the default view/tab for the Windows 10 Task Manager

How to set the default view/tab for the Windows 10 Task Manager

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 03.05.2019
Starting with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update or version 1903, the Task Manager receives a few improvements. One of them is the fact that you can now set the default tab displayed by Task Manager when you open it. Today, you either see the...
Less Known Tricks about Using the Task Manager in Windows 7

Less Known Tricks about Using the Task Manager in Windows 7

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 03.07.2012
We would like to finish our coverage of the Task Manager in Windows 7 with an article showing some advanced tricks about how it can be used. The article will include: how to manage active services, identify the processes used by a service, view data...