A reported Windows 11 bug causes a new background Task Manager instance to spawn when the Task Manager is closed. Repeated opens can create dozens of Task Manager copies (~20-25 MB each); 100 copies ...

Task Manager on Windows remains a useful monitoring and diagnostic tool despite some of its terms not making sense to a ...

Microsoft has confirmed a known issue that is preventing users from quitting the Windows 11 Task Manager after installing the October 2025 optional update. This comes after widespread user reports ...

Microsoft is investigating a new Windows 11 issue that causes the Task Manager to say there are zero running apps and background processes. However, while the Task Manager doesn't display the correct ...

Windows Task Manager has come a long way. It now conforms to the Windows 11 UI standards, supports theming, and has better visualization and process control. Whenever a process acts up, or I see some ...

When you are trying to keep an eye on system resources in Windows, the Task Manager utility is incredibly useful. Now Microsoft is making it even more useful by giving it an update for the age of ...

In context: Mounting controversies have not deterred Microsoft from adding unpopular AI features to Windows 11, which is struggling to gain users despite the end of official Windows 10 support. A ...

Windows 11 Experimental Build 26340.9616 brings a WinUI 3 Search overhaul, inline actions, a Battery Status widget, and Task ...

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 ...

Microsoft recommends that users install the latest Patch Tuesday update KB5046617 to fix a Windows 11 24H2 Task Manager bug. Today is the second Tuesday of the month, and Microsoft has released its ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new update for Windows 11 that adds more graphs to the Task Manager, according to Windows Latest. First discovered by Twitter user phantomofeath, the new update shows ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...