Questions tagged [task-manager]
Use for questions about the Windows Task Manager utility for managing system processes. Do not use for questions relating to human tasks.
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Why is Task Manager showing more than 100% CPU Usage? What does it mean?
I have a weird issue. This is the second time that I'm encountering this over the last 2-3 months.
My CPU Usage is constantly running between 120% and 200%... How? How is this possible? What does it ...
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Computer with SSD slow after not being used for a period
I have this painful issue where I'm gone for holiday (1-2 weeks) and even for a weekend (barely 2 days) my PC gets really slow and I'm suspecting SSD.
Everything seems so slow despite boot being fast ...
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How can I override the win 11 default simplified task manager view by editing the windows registry?
I'm writing a tool to fix various windows annoyances, but I'm having trouble with the Windows Task Manager.
One of the first things I do on a new machine is to expand the task manager so it looks like ...
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When I kill an app from task manager, it reopens itself a few seconds later
I noticed in my task manager that the Steam Client Webhelper was running, though I had not opened it. I clicked "End Task" to kill it. A few seconds later, it restarts! No matter how many ...
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Unknown Memory Hog in Windows 11
I have an HP Omen gaming laptop that recently struggles with memory use hitting close to 100% when playing. Tried restarting to get a fresh picture, checked TaskManager and RamMap and there's lots of ...
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Why is 'Service Host: WaaSMedicSvc' running as a subprocess of Google Chrome?
While looking through Task Manager on my Windows 11 PC, I noticed "Service Host: WaaSMedicSvc" was running as a subprocess of Google Chrome and using up 800 MB of memory. According to ...
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How to make All Threads Run Low/Idle CPU Priority?
I want to set all threads or .exe to Low CPU Priority in Task Manager so that their CPU-usage doesn't interfere with my game and make my gameplay microstutter and cause some input delay from keyboard. ...
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Show all network activity in task manager
Is there a way to make the Windows 10 task manager (or the resource monitor) show network usage for ALL tasks, including the kernel? I am trying to figure out which process / task is eating up my ...
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How to prevent windows from using all RAM when running the system for an extended period of time?
I own two up to date computers with windows 10, with fairly different hardware, on both of them, windows fills the ram (99-100%) over time, usually after a month of run time.
The first uses a hard ...
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Multiple background instances of notepad.exe running
I just opened Task Manager to kill a process and noticed that I have 39 notepad.exe processes running - I do not use Notepad!
They appear to be background processes as in the Details tab there is no ...
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Problems with duplicate startup items in Task Manager
I have problems regarding the startup list on my Task Manager in Windows 10, as seen in the picture below:
You can see the duplicated entries that I marked in red circle. I have tried to find the ...
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Outlook UI Hangs - Still running in Task Manager
Title: Outlook UI hanging without 'not responding' alert, process still running in Task Manager
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I have an end user experiencing a perplexing issue with Outlook 365. Despite the UI hanging, ...
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What is the best way to identify what caused a CPU spike?
In Windows Task Manager History I can see that there was a CPU spike and my computer freezes.
And I can see when I sort the view on highest CPU percentage which processes take most of the CPU.
But ...
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How to force run an application in the background at startup
I have an application (a keyboard driver) which launches at startup without issues. It's basically a keyboard configuration utility, which sets up macros, keyboard lights, remaps, etc. Problem is, it ...
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The Windows shutdown sound task I created is cut off
I am doing a little project to challenge myself as I love messing around with computers. A project I started long ago was to try and create a shutdown sound for my Windows 10 OS on my computer. I did ...
