Discover why Process Explorer beats Windows Task Manager as a great alternative for task management, providing deeper insights and faster PC fixes.

A mainstay of IT's working class, Microsoft's Process Explorer update is available, with even more PC troubleshooting tools I can’t imagine troubleshooting a Windows PC without Process Explorer. Users ...

Just because you've closed a window doesn't mean that Windows has killed the process. Sometimes the operating system keeps processes running in the background so that when you run a new instance, it ...

You can use the right-click menu for a process and access the location of the associated application. Related: What is igfxTray.exe? Is it safe? Can I disable it? Is the Resume process a virus or ...

Closing every possible program can help you eke out more endurance when your laptop is running low on battery. But not every program fully closes when you exit its window, and sometimes background ...

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 ...

The first method by which you can disable “End Process” is by changing the Group Policy. To do that, you first need to download some policy files from Microsoft ...

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 ...

When the CPU utilization on a computer is high, games become less responsive, frame rate goes down, and gameplay stutters. To diagnose these problems, users will commonly open process manager ...

Microsoft has officially identified a bug in Windows 11 that can negatively impact performance in versions 24H2 and 25H2. The issue, which affects Task Manager, prevents the program from closing ...

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.

Just about anyone who's worked with Windows NT is familiar with the Task Manager. What you might not realize is how useful this system application can be. To access the Task Manager, press ...