Windows is great at letting users multitask, and one of the reasons why it is great is its Task Manager. It lets you manage all running programs, and kill the programs that are causing issues. The ...

Windows 11 Task Manager will now show disk type, boosting transparency. Details on disk types currently hidden in Windows 11 can be enabled. Accessing disk type in Task Manager is easier than through ...

Microsoft has rolled out important updates to Task Manager in Windows 11, the window that lets users peer into active processes on their PC. The key change to Task Manager is process filtering, one of ...

Task Manager is the most important program you will have access to when everything else has either crashed or not responding. The post lists down some of the best tips and tricks of the Windows Task ...

Hold on. Don’t just reboot your Windows 7 PC. I realize that rebooting is the go-to solution when a program won’t shut down, or the system starts dragging or acting wonky, but there is another way.

With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft took a big step toward modernizing its desktop OS by redesigning outdated interfaces. But when the update arrived, the reception was mixed. Some things looked ...

Some Windows users reported that changing the Task Manager to dark mode has no effect on its appearance. More often than not, the peculiarity is caused after an update. In this post, we will discuss ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is getting ready to overhaul the Task Manager in Windows 11. Like the ...

If you are a longtime Windows user, you have probably encountered the Task Manager on more than one occasion. This handy Windows feature gives you an overview of what your computer is doing from ...

Design simplicity is the key for Windows 8, and Microsoft recently discussed on its blog the streamlining of yet another popular Windows feature: Task Manager. The new Task Manager echoes the design ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

I'm going to assume that this is a legitimate request. However, my only answer is this: what you are describing is a rootkit, or at best, some form of malware. There is no legitimate reason for any ...