Programs go wrong sometimes, even on Google's best Chromebooks. Modern operating systems are complex, which raises the probability for minor errors to snowball into big ones. Luckily, most modern ...

That’s why I looked into something simple and came across a command-line task manager. It strips productivity down to the essentials—using the command-line to get things done through text-based ...

Open the Tasks panel from the right-hand sidebar, drag an email into it, and Gmail instantly turns that message into a task. The task inherits the email’s subject as its title, includes a direct link ...

The author of the original Windows Task Manager has some tips on how to use it more effectively, including a few we'd never heard of -- and one we tossed in ourselves if you have trouble with Task ...

A new Windows 11 bug causes Task Manager to keep duplicating. Each time you close and reopen the tool, another instance launches. To avoid this, you'll have to close Task Manager from Task Manager ...

To improve performance on Windows 11, you can safely end processes like unused apps, bloatware (e.g., Copilot, Phone Link), high-resource processes, and peripheral-related programs via Task Manager.

You can now more accurately manage your tasks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Updated March 19, 2025: Microsoft has now put the ...

You've probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows' Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is ...