8 Things you didn’t know you could do In windows 7’s task manager

Name: Kesorkol HengInstructor: Mustafa Dur

Send messages to another logged In

user From the Users tab in the Task Manager, 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 from here just select the user and click send message. If the user is currently using the computer, a message box with your message will pop up on their desktop.

Arrange and manage Windows The Applications tab in windows Task manage shows your

open program 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 CPU time column, which is hidden by default.

To show it, click the view menu, click select columns, and enable the CPU Time option.

Click the CPU Time column to sort your processes by CPU Time the processes with the most CPU time have used the most CPU resources.

Note that this only shows the CPU resources used by running programs if a program isn’t running anymore, you won’t se how much CPU it’s used.

Manage Process Priorities 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.

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 the application’s process)

Restrict Applications to Specific Processors

If you use a multi core CPU with hyper threading windows gives each process the ability use all your CPUs. However , some programs particularly older games may not work properly of 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 be allowed to run the process.

Change Compatibility Settings If you have a problem with an application, you can change its compatibility setting 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.

View Linked Processes and Services

Have you ever wondered just what “svchost.exe’’ actually is? If you click the show processes from all user button, you’ll see mulitple svchost. Exe processes using different amount of memory and CPU.

Svchost. Exe is actually a windows process that runs windows services-if you want to see exactly which service 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.

Reference:

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