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8 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In

Window 7’s Task Manager

ContentsSend a Message To Another Logged In UsArrange and Manage WindowsSee Which Applications Have Used Your CPU The Most

Manage Process Priorities

Restrict Applications to Specific Processors

Change Compatibility Settings

View Linked Processes and Services

Monitor CPU Usage

Send a Message To Another Logged In User

you can see which users are currently logged into your computer. These can be either remote connections or locked local sessions.

You can also send a message to another logged in user by selecting the user and click Send Message.

Arrange and Manage Windows

You can double-click one to switch to it, or right-click one and select Minimize or Maximize to show or hide it.

You can also select multiple windows (hold Ctrl as you click each window in the list), right-click them, and tile them horizontally or vertically.

See Which Applications Have Used Your CPU The Most

The Processes tab shows which processes are currently using CPU on your computer, but that’s only a small part of the picture. To see which processes have been using the most CPU on your computer, you can use the CPU Time column, which is hidden by default.

To show it, click the View menu, click Select Columns, and enable the CPU Time option.

Manage Process Priorities

o Windows processes each have a priority setting – a high-priority process is first in line to use the CPU when it has something to do, while a low priority process will have to wait at the end of the line.

o If an application should be allocated more CPU resources – or less CPU resources – you can change its priority in the Task Manager. Just right-click a process, point to Set Priority, and select a priority.

(You can right-click an application on the Applications tab and select Go to Process to quickly select the application’s process.)

Restrict Applications to Specific Processors

If you use a multi-core CPU – or a CPU with hyperthreading – Windows gives each process the ability to use all your CPUs. However, some programs – particularly older games — may not work properly if they’re able to run on all CPU cores.

To restrict an application to a specific CPU, right-click its process and select Set Affinity. In the Processor Affinity window, select the CPUs that should be allowed to run the process.

Change Compatibility Settings If you have a problem with an

application, you can change its compatibility settings right from the Task Manager. Just select a process, right-click it, and select Properties. Use the options on the Compatibility tab to modify the program’s compatibility settings.

If you need to do something else with a program’s .exe file, you can right-click its process and select Open File Location to quickly open its folder in Windows Explorer.

View Linked Processes and Services

Svchost.exe is actually a Windows process that runs Windows services – if you want to see exactly which services a svchost.exe process is running, right-click it and select Got to Service(s).This will take you

to the Services tab, with the services your process is linked to highlighted. You can also right-click a service on the Services tab and select Go to Process to view its linked process.

Monitor CPU Usage

• The Task Manager includes a system tray icon, so it can be used to monitor CPU usage.

• Its system tray icon is likely hidden by default – you’ll have to click the arrow next to your system tray and drag and drop the icon to your notification area. After you do, you’ll have a constantly updating CPU meter on your screen when the Task Manager is open.

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