The real cause of a sluggish PC is often unexpected.

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.

NPUs are only becoming more common in the PCs we buy, so it only makes sense that Task Manager be capable of monitoring what ...

Windows is great at letting users multitask, and one of the reasons why it is great is its Task Manager. It lets you manage all running programs, and kill the programs that are causing issues. The ...

Microsoft is preparing some useful new features for Windows 11's Task Manager, and you can already try them out.

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 ...

If you are a longtime Windows user, you have probably encountered the Task Manager on more than one occasion. This handy Windows feature gives you an overview of what your computer is doing from ...

Design simplicity is the key for Windows 8, and Microsoft recently discussed on its blog the streamlining of yet another popular Windows feature: Task Manager. The new Task Manager echoes the design ...

What should a user do, if the Task Manager itself is causing problems on the computer by opening up randomly? Imagine, the Task Manager popping up randomly while you are busy with some work. Now, ...

Some Windows users reported that changing the Task Manager to dark mode has no effect on its appearance. More often than not, the peculiarity is caused after an update. In this post, we will discuss ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Windows Microsoft says the Windows 11 boot failure bug is linked to another buggy update: 'This issue can occur on devices that failed to install the December 2025 security update and were left in an ...