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Tip

New in the May 2019 Update: You can set a default tab, the one that opens every time you
summon Task Manager. Use the Options → “Set default tab” submenu.

Here’s a crash course:

Processes. This is the tab that most people visit most often. It lists
all programs and processes (background operations) that are
running right now.

Tip
Click a column heading to sort the table by that criterion. Right-click a column heading to get a
choice of additional columns you can add—including PID, the process ID (a favorite of
geekheads).

Performance. Cool graphs—one each for CPU (processor time),
Memory, Disk, and Network. Shows how much you’ve got, how

much is in use, and what the trend is.

App history. A table that shows how much data each of your

programs and apps have used for the current account. This table
could tell you all kinds of things about, for example, what your
kid’s been doing on the family PC. (The Metered column means

“cellular connections.” Since an app that uses a lot of data over
cellular connections costs you money, this is a critical tool in
keeping your bills under control.)

Startup. Shows you exactly which items are starting up
automatically when you turn on the computer—some you may not

even know about. (This is information that used to require a trip to
the user-unfriendly MSCONFIG program.)

If your computer seems to be taking an unusually long time to start
up, here’s the first place you should check; Task Manager even