The Windows Task Manager: what it is and how it works
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Our Windows 8 operating system always keeps various programs, processes, and services running. In order to see what applications are currently running, we need to open the task manager. Today we are going to explain to you what is the Windows task manager and how it works
We can also see different information from the task manager regarding the status of the network and if there are several computers connected to the unit, we could see who they are and what they're working on, plus be able to send messages.
What exactly is Task Manager?
The Task Manager is an application built into the Windows operating systems , thanks to which we can obtain information on the programs and processes that run on the computer, in addition to providing the most used performance indicators on the computer.
We can use it to check the performance of our equipment, obtaining information on the status of the programs that are running, in addition to being able to perform actions on them such as force their completion if necessary at any time.
In addition, the task manager offers us graphics and data about the CPU in addition to memory usage This percentage would indicate what it is the total capacity of our processor and what percentage we are using.The higher the utilization percentage, the higher the energy consumption of our computer.
How do I use the task manager?
Next we are going to tell you what actions we can perform with the task manager and what steps we must follow to control 100% of this great functionality offered by Microsoft Windows systems.
- To begin with, we can open the task manager by right-clicking on the Windows taskbar and left-clicking on Task Manager or by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrol + Alt + Del
- We can see that the task manager has different tabs that provide us with different information. The first of all is ProcessesIn it we can observe different data of the applications or programs that are running, such as their name, status, percentage of CPU utilization, percentage of memory use, percentage of use of disk and network usage percentage.
- If we click with the right mouse button on any of the processes, we can carry out six different actions: expandir, which allows us to will allow you to see all the processes involved in said application (an application can manage more than one process), end task, through which we will close the selected application, values of the resource, through which we can select in which format we want to see the different values of use of said application, go to detail, it would take us directly to the details of said application in the task manager, open file location, it will open an explorer placing us in the directory where said file is running, search online, which will search for said process on the Internet and finally properties , which will allow us to see the different properties of said file.
- From the tab Performance we can observe different interesting data about the state of our computer , such as the use of CPU, Memory, Disks, Bluetooth, and Network. In addition to being able to see the speed at which our processor works, the total number of processes and other important information.
- In the third tab, Application History, we can see the information regarding our Windows 8 applications under the Metro interface.
- The fourth tab, Startup, provides us with information about the processes or applications that are run when we start our system automatically Being able to see if they are enabled, disabled and what impact they have on the performance of our equipment.We can also modify their configuration using the right mouse button.
- In the Users tab,if we are connected to our computer with different user sessions, we can see the applications executed by each one of them them.
- The penultimate tab, Detail, gives us more information about the different processes that we have running, such as the name of user that executes them, or the PID process number of each one of them.
- Finally, the Services tab shows the status of the different servicesthat we have installed on our computer, as well as if they are currently running or stopped, being able to change their status by right-clicking the mouse.
- To finish, in the upper zone we have a menu with three options: File, Options and View. From file we can run a new task or exit the task manager
- From the Options menu, we can make the task manager window always be on the front or visible, and even if we have more applications open, we will always have the task manager ahead. We can also configure it so that when we open said manager, it is automatically minimized and even hidden and we see it on the taskbar only in the clock area.
- Finally, in the menu View we can update the information provided by said administrator manually, in addition to indicating at what speed we want this information to be updated.
As you can see, the functionality and the different options and information provided by the Windows task manager, is a great advantage and it is very useful so that we can be aware of everything related to the performance of our team. Do not wait any longer to try this fantastic tool.
