Task Manager Process & Performance

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What does Task Manager monitor?

Your PC's key resources

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How can you open Task Manager?

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, right-click the taskbar or Start, or press CTRL+ALT+DEL and select Task Manager

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What should you click if Task Manager starts in summary mode?

Show details

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What can you do on the Processes tab?

Expand each app or background process to view sub-processes and resource usage

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What does the shortcut menu for a process let you do?

End a task or search for information about the process online

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Which tab gives more details to identify services associated with each process?

Details tab

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How do you prioritize tasks in Task Manager?

Right-click a process and select an option from the Set Priority submenu

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What priority setting may improve a Voice over IP application's call quality?

Above normal

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Why might setting a Voice over IP application's priority to Above normal help?

Allocating more CPU resources to it

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What resource metrics are shown for processes on the Processes tab?

CPU usage, memory, disk activity, network activity, GPU, GPU engine, and power usage

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What does the Performance tab offer detailed information about?
CPU, memory, disk, network, and graphics processing unit (GPU) subsystems
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What does the App History tab display?
Usage information for Windows Store apps
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What link is available at the bottom of the Performance tab for further analysis?
Open Resource Monitor
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What do the Disk pages display?
Type, capacity, and statistics for active time, response time, and read/write speeds
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How is disk utilization measured?
Across all disk devices
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What might 50% disk utilization mean?
One disk is at 100% while another is inactive
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What can high disk utilization and slow response times cause?
Poor system performance
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What can high disk utilization and slow response times be due to?
Slow HDD technology, excessive paging, file/cache corruption, or faulty devices with bad sectors/blocks
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What does the Ethernet or Wi-Fi tab display?
Send and receive throughput for the active network adapter, along with the IP address and MAC address
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What additional information is shown for active wireless adapters?
SSID, connection type (802.11 standard), and signal strength