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 ...

You've probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows' Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is ...

An upcoming update to Windows 11's Task Manager will make it easier to check what kind of SSD your computer has. Windows 11 is getting a small and neat improvement for Task Manager. In future updates, ...

Microsoft has released a new Canary build, 27749, which packs a lot of fixes for File Explorer, Task Manager, Narrator, and other parts of the OS. Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel, it is time to ...

Build 29580.1000, Microsoft is also rolling out Experimental (26H1) Build 28020.1921. Notably, the changes rolled out with ...

Recently, Windows 11 has added a new way to force-close unresponsive applications directly from the taskbar. Normally, when an app becomes unresponsive, users either have to restart their computer or ...

Microsoft has delivered some blows to Task Manager in recent times. As noted last week by PC Gamer's Andy Edser, the Windows team recently stamped out a bug that granted Task Manager immortality. The ...

I installed Bazzite this week on my gaming PC and… it just works, at least for the games I've tried so far. I haven't yet tried to move my DCS install yet and might have to keep my Win10 partition ...

This post explains how to show Resource Usage App History for all user accounts in the App History tab of Windows 11 Task Manager. The image below shows resource usage stats for all user accounts ...

New cleanup favorite: Fluent Cleaner offers a lightweight, open-source alternative to bloated legacy tools, with a native Windows 11 design and advanced cleaning options. Built-in tools debate: ...

To improve performance on Windows 11, you can safely end processes like unused apps, bloatware (e.g., Copilot, Phone Link), high-resource processes, and peripheral-related programs via Task Manager.