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Productivity
fromTheregister
17 hours ago

Task Manager's CPU%: an obituary for the recent past

Task Manager's CPU usage reflects past performance, calculated through timer-driven sampling of cumulative execution times.
Productivity
fromZDNET
5 days ago

I found the apps slowing down my PC - how to kill the biggest memory hogs

Identifying and managing background processes can optimize PC performance and reduce memory usage.
fromTheregister
5 months ago

Microsoft's Task Manager turns 30: Original coder celebrates

"Dave Plummer, a former Microsoft engineer, says his lean original has grown roughly 50 times in size. Rather than critique today's version, Plummer took to his Dave's Garage YouTube channel to offer a window into Task Manager's scrappy origins, including the thought process behind its development, and his unfortunate decision to include his home phone number in the source code."
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Tech industry
fromTheregister
5 months ago

Microsoft Task Manager bug spawns new processes

Windows 11 update KB5067036 can spawn multiple persistent Task Manager processes, increasing resource usage and complicating process termination.
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