The Performance tab displays a real-time graph depicting processor usage (split to show the separate cores available for dual- or quad-core processors), and a real-time graph of the memory in use along with various details such as the amount of time the PC has been up and running, and the amount of virtual memory available to Windows. Here is a brief summary of the last three tabs:įigure 4: The Performance tab displays real-time usage of processor and memory resources. We will dive into detail on the use of Applications, Processes, and Services, but the other three won’t be covered comprehensively in this article because they are not as directly related to troubleshooting and resolving issues. Task Manager Tabsįigure 3: The Task Manager console window has six tabs.Īcross the top of the main window in the Task Manager console are a number of different tabs: Applications, Processes, Services, Performance, Networking, and Users (Figure 3). Vital Information at a GlanceĪt the bottom of the Task Manager window–no matter which tab you happen to be viewing–is a sort of dashboard view that displays the current number of running processes, the percentage of the processor capacity being used, and the percentage of physical memory.įigure 2: The bottom of the Task Manager has a dashboard displaying vital information.The information displayed here can instantly let you know if a process or application is consuming all of the CPU or memory resources, which is your first clue for troubleshooting a problem. Use any of the above techniques, and you will open up the Task Manager console. Right-click anywhere on the task bar and select Start Task Manager.Click Start, type “task manager” in search bar and press Enter.Press Ctrl-Alt-Del, and then select Start Task Manager.You have a few different ways to do this.
Figure 1: When you open Task Manager, it displays the Applications tab by default.To begin with, you have to open up Task Manager.
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