Chapter 6
The Task Manager
IN THIS CHAPTER
Finding tasks in Windows
Discovering the Task Manager
Understanding processes and programs
Reviewing services
Stopping a program run amok
Thwarting startup programs
As a multitasking operating system, Windows can do many things at once. Even when you aren’t running a specific program, internally Windows is abuzz with activity. To view all the stuff that’s going on, from your applications to whatever-the-heck Windows is up to, you use the Task Manager. It provides tools for managing programs, monitoring performance, and controlling services and tasks.
Task Control Central
The ancient version of Windows didn’t offer true multitasking. Instead, it was a task sharing environment. Yet it still required a way for a user to switch between running programs. Because this early release of Windows lacked a taskbar, the Task List window was used, as ...
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