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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Can you help me make my computer run faster?
I have an ASUS ZenBook UX363EA i5
As you can see here 24% CPU 58% RAM. What can I do to reduce this?
For example I don't use Edge but Edge nor Explorer but this is still being processed. How can I ...
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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? [closed]
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 ...
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Is there any difference between Taskmgr.exe and LaunchTM.exe?
Is there any difference between Taskmgr.exe and LaunchTM.exe in Windows?
Both of these System32 executables seem to just open the Task Manager.
If there is no difference then why have two different ...
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Various Different Process Running With One Window Open - Task Manager
I have this issue with various different applications such as Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word that will show more processes running than windows I have open and it is boggling ...
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Parameter "262144" (top-most attribute set) in Task Scheduler does not work (VBScript)
Parameter 262144 (top-most attribute set) in Task Scheduler does not work. When creating a task to run a .vbs file, parameter 262144 does not work (does not open the window on top of others), although ...
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Why does Windows 10 Task Manager say that my LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive's capacity is 4.5 TB?
Windows 10 Task Manager say that my LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive's capacity is 4.5 TB. See below. Why?
Disk management confirms that the LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive is 750 GB, i.e. ...
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My hard disk suddenly active at 100% in Task Manager
I was trying to install something on my computer with the installation source being disk D, but I noticed a slow installation process, so I went to Task Manager and I see the disk drive D running at ...
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Can switching to an SSD resolve this particular issue?
Recently, the Task Manager on my laptop has been indicating
that the HDD is operating at 100% utilization multiple times a day.
I believe this is causing my laptop to slow down, resulting in delayed
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Windows Task Manager Set priority Access is denied
I'm trying to change the process priority for a video game, but it gives me an "Access is denied" exception. Same for changing it's affinity, which would be fine too, but not 100% my current ...
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System slowdown persists despite normal Task Manager and Performance monitor readings
My system experienced a slowdown during the OBS Studio video recording.
However, upon reviewing Task Manager and Performance metrics,
no apparent cause for the system freeze was found.
What might be ...
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Hide a process in the Windows task manager by using task manager hider
I watched this video and there you can see how to hide a process by using the software task manager hider:
I tried to use it; in particular I opened the project in Visual Studio 2022, then I right ...
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Windows 10 task manager doesn't show process with high CPU uasge
while ago I noticed that CPU usage is high even the sound of my laptop fan increases but when i open the task manager to detect the Process that consumes CPU usage the task manager shows me that the ...
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How do I shrink the space in between the icons the tray icon panel on my taskbar?
How do I shrink the space in between each icon on the taskbar's hidden tray icon panel when clicking the angle button?
Currently it looks like this:
I want it to look something like this (...
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In Windows Task Manager Memory page, which value is the actual amount of system RAM?
I'm looking for an explanation of different values on the Performance / Memory page of Windows 10 / 2019 Task Manager regarding the (total) amount of RAM. There are several items that seem to mean the ...
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Find process from window or vice versa in task manager?
I have multiple instances of an app running. One of the instances is frozen and I want to end it forcefully in Task Manager, while preserving all others.
I'm trying to find it in Task Manager but I ...
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Windows 11 almost 6 gigabytes of system memory are hidden and not available
I'm using the latest version of the Windows 11 and I'm curious where almost 6 gigabytes of the system RAM memory disappear. I have 32 Gigs of RAM installed in the system. According to the task manager,...
