Comments on: Windows Task Manager Information

By: kishan

kishan — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:09:33 +0000

sir,
i understood very well about task manager
tanks so much

By: kishan

kishan — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:08:14 +0000

sir,
i understood very well about task manager.
tanks you so much

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:23:25 +0000

can anyone confirm that, anything that runs *will* show up in the Processes tab ?
that is, *if* there is a virus running, it WILL show up for sure – or, can certain viruses hide themselves and NOT show up in the Processes tab ?

By: Rumplestillskin

Rumplestillskin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:18:59 +0000

SORRY PETE DONT LISTEN TO ME!!! for some reason i was thinking u were talking about the- PERFORMANCE tab… if u were talking about the- SYSTEM IDLE PROCESS, then thats fairly cool, though mine stays at 99% nerly all the time.

higher is better

though i still reckon u download the spyware thing if u av not got 1 that is.

By: Rumplestillskin

Rumplestillskin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:02:00 +0000

NO Pete thats to high if your computer is just running idle, If i were you i would do a virus scan AVG is a good free one + then id do a spyware scan allso SUPERANTISPYWARE is a good one + thats free allso!

Then just remove all the nasty buggers + your computer ‘should’ run like a dream.

Ow + make shure u allways keep them runing in the backround + do a scan of them both about once a week or fortnight.
Thats what i do + ive never had no probs.

By: Pete Murphy

Pete Murphy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:11:32 +0000

In my task manager at the bottom where it says processes mine says 76. Is this number ok?

Thanks Pete

By: Anupama

Anupama — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:19:01 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for such a detailed write-up on task managers.
I have a problem.
One of the executables installed on my desktop (ScreenAgent.exe) quits soon after its launched. I can actually time it spanning for about 20 seconds on the task manager! I want this process to be running continuously. Any idea how this can be done?

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:18:28 +0000

Beyond me!

By: sud

sud — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:31:59 +0000

All

Can someone let me know the formula for how the network utilization percentage calculated?

Is it
Total TX+RX bytes / link speed in bytes?

thanks

By: seritiku

seritiku — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:13:24 +0000

Hi Rich

Thanks for posting such an informative blog.

By: Mini

Mini — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:37:31 +0000

Hi,

I have 1GB RAM and 3GHz processor . I have RAD running n my machine.

But at peak time ,wen my system is very slow, i checked the performance tab . CPU usage is 25% only but , PF usage is more than 1.6 GB . What should be done to increase the speed ? Whether to increase the RAM size or advise accordingly

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:58:09 +0000

Real-time computing (RTC) is how hardware and software have “real-time constraint” or operational deadlines from event to system response.

Non-real-time system is when there is no deadline, regardless of preference of speed.

The needs of real-time software are often addressed in the context of real-time operating systems, and synchronous programming languages, which provide frameworks on which to build real-time application software.

A real time system is when its application is considered to be critical. Real-time computations can be said to have failed if they are not completed before their deadline, where their deadline is relative to an event. A real-time deadline must be met, regardless of system load.

By: Susan F

Susan F — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:31:48 +0000

It did not answer my question. What does realtime mean and how will it affect the program.

By: Cheri

Cheri — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:02:27 +0000

Thanks so much for the explanation of Task Manager. I am trying to “reinstall Direct X” to hopefully improve the fxing of a game and have been told to end all processes on TM except explore.exe and taskmgr.exe to do the reinstall and to also end these when loading the game to play.
It goes on to tell me to be sure and do a restart, rather than a shut down, to reenable these processes. If you do a shut down instead, BAD news!! The problem that is occurring with the game is that it is constantly freezing and has to be shut down (with the power button) to reboot. Have I misunderstood? Will I have a total mess on my hands if all the processes are stopped, the computer freezes, and I have to shut it down?

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:40:26 +0000

This is a common case for system files and spyware. These files usually cannot be stopped because other files are accessing them. It is like when you have a Word Document file open, and you try to delete it.

This is with spyware remover programs, it requires a restart. Before the program starts to run during start-up, the spyware remover will catch it.

Follow this link to a Free Software that will help you out: http://www.download.com/Advanced-WindowsCare-Personal/3000-2086_4-10407614.html?tag=lst-1