Task manager is a tool built into Windows operating systems. The same brings with it a lot of information useful when measuring the performance of the computer and the system itself.
has always been used by average users to terminate applications or programs that are frozen. But the truth is that there are many more things that can be done with it, such as seeing and controlling the activities that are running on the computer.
That said, if you want to know all the functions of this powerful tool, We invite you to stay with us in this post. Where we will also explain the different ways you have to open it.
What are all the features of my PC’s task manager?
Beyond what is mentioned above, it is used to monitor performance, check the status of the network, see the users connected to the equipment, etc. So that Knowing exactly what this add-on helps you with is key to being able to control 100% of the functionality of your computer.
Next we will see in detail what its main functions are:
measure processes
When we open it, we can see that it has different tabs, where each one provides different information. The first one that we can observe is that of “Processes”, it provides us with the consumption information of each of the applications. This includes:
- ongoing applications, displayed at the top as “Applications”.
- background apps, displayed as “Background processes”.
- Finally, we can also visualize the “Windows Processes”.
For each of the 3 different types of applications that are working on our computer, the following data can be observed:
- CPU: the overall CPU consumption that the application in question is causing. This comes in percentages and is measured after having measured the consumption of the application on the hard disk and in RAM memory.
- Memory: In this table, the consumption of RAM caused by the application, service or process being evaluated is measured in Megabytes.
- Disk: In this section you can see the percentage requirement of the hard drive. In this application, each second that passes is measured in MBps.
- Net: If it is an application that works with the Internet, for example, a Web browser, here you can see how much consumption is generated in Mbps.
- Energy consumption: This panel, according to all the expenses observed in the previous lines, shows how much energy this application or process requires. All this is measured at the same instant.
- Power consumption trend: Unlike energy consumption, this panel shows the average consumption of the application or service over time.
- It should be noted that it is from the tab “Processes”where the famous action of “Finish homework” that we use so much when a program does not respond.
measure overall performance
In the second tab which is called “Performance”, We are going to find a general overview in data graphs about the state of the most important components of the equipment. Which are:
- CPU: The most relevant data of this component observed in this tab are:
The processor model: easily observable in the upper right corner.
Processor capacity in use, speed in Hz and number of processes and threads being performed. All of this is visible at the bottom of the chart.
- Memory: In this section we can find the elementary information of our RAM:
RAM DDR generation and capacity: easily observable in the upper right corner of the performance graph.
Megabyte capacity in use, remaining available capacity, and cache usage. The latter, if it is very high, it is recommended to clean it. It is displayed below the graph.
- HDD: In the disk section we find the performance of this at the moment in its respective graph. In addition to other important information:
Hard drive name and model: easily visible in the upper right corner of the screen.
Read and write speed measured in MBps and net hard drive capacity. It’s at the bottom left of the screen.
- Net: The last one will be an attempt to the Internet connection model that is being used, being “Ethernet” if it is by cable and “Wifi” if it is wireless Therefore, we will be able to see the metrics of the controllers that are active. If there is no Internet connection, nothing will be displayed.
Network controller name and model: We find it in the upper right corner of the screen.
Naturally below the graph we will find the Kilobits that are sent and received per second, as well as the main source of the connection.
application history
This tab shows us the history of all programs that qualify as an application in our system and the consumption generated during its use throughout the day.
Application should be understood as all those programs that are installed by default in the system.
Starting task manager
In this section we will find all the program services that open when starting the system. Namely, those that just turn on the computer are activated.
From here we can deactivate them if we notice that they are having a negative impact on the boot speed of the computer. To deactivate them we must right-click on the service and select the “Disable” option.
users
From here it is possible to monitor all the movements of the computer users in case there are different active sessions. You can also view the metrics of the general consumption of each of the sessions.
This also serves to detect any program that is slowing down the computer and close it.
Details
In it you can see all and each of the processes carried out by each program. It is designed so that experts in the area can suspend or execute any of them.
Services
In the last tab we clearly find all the Windows services and each of the computer components. So it is only recommended activate or deactivate under the supervision or advice of an expert.
Steps to open and use the task manager in Windows 10, 7 and 8:
Windows has the particularity that it allows accessing the Task Manager as easily and quickly as possible. Let’s see how to do it in the currently best-known versions.
in W10
In Windows 10, just right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and then choose the option “Task Manager”.
In Windows 8
Windows 8 system interface is similar to Windows 10, so the above procedure is totally valid. But, it is also possible to do it by pressing the keys “Ctrl+Alt+Del.” This enables a menu where you can choose the option “Task Manager” easily.
In Windows 7
Finally, in Windows 7 it is the same way, but since the interface is different, here we show you exactly how to do it. Right-click on the lower taskbar and then choose the option “Start Task Manager.”
Tricks that you probably did not know about the Windows task manager
- If Task Manager ever crashes or stops working, you can start another one by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESC. “Winlogon will look for an existing instance and try to revive it for up to 10 seconds. If that Taskmgr doesn’t start to make sense by responding to the secret code in that time, another one will be launched. That way you’re never without a Taskmgr as long as there are some resources available.”
- Task Manager will load in reduced mode if resources are low: for example, it will only load the processes tab if that’s what it needs to boot. “It’s one of the few apps that doesn’t ‘crash and die’ when things go wrong.”
- If Task Manager gets corrupted internally, kill or close it: Restart it by pressing and holding CTRL + ALT + SHIFT and Task Manager will reset all its internal settings to factory if it detects that key combination at startup.
- If all the title bars disappear and you only see one graphdouble click on the dead space of the client to switch to normal mode.
- CTRL + SHIFT + ESC will launch Task Manager without any help from the Shell. So if the Shell or Explorer is dead, you can use this key combination to start Taskmgr and restart the shell. Even if your taskbar is gone, this combination should work.
- If the shell can’t start something or hangs, try Task Manager: This has a mode where it will load without any reference to shell32.dll and will allow programs like CMD.EXE to be started without the start menu.
- You can find the binary to run any process in the processes tab: you just have to right click and select “Open file location”.
- There shouldn’t be anything that Task Manager can’t kill.: will escalate privileges (if you have them) and enable debugging privileges to attach and kill apps if necessary. “If Task Manager can’t kill it, you have a kernel problem.” Here Plummer notes that after Windows XP some intentional limits were added to what Task Manager can kill to prevent the user from killing essential Windows components and self-inflicting a blue screen.
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