He W10 task manager It is a tool that you should always have on hand because will help you resolve internal conflicts on your computer and that they are generated by the services of the operating system and by other elements.
For this reason, knowing how this native W10 function works It is necessary for you to save time when you are on your PC. In the following paragraphs you will find this information.
Also, you will be able to learn about the sections that the task manager has and what each one is for. Finally, we will explain how to access this tool by different methods.
What is Windows 10 Task Manager and what is this tool for?
Windows 10 Task Manager is a native tool of this operating system and is used to know the performance of the computer.. In this way you can know what programs and services are collapsing the performance of your CPU and RAM, among other variables. This function is also used W10 to force stop processes and close programs that do not respond correctly. Finally, you can also close sessions of users who have access to the computer.
What are all the sections of Windows 10 Task Manager?
Windows 10 Task Manager has the following sections:
Processes
In this section you will see the applications you have open and the processes that run in the background. You will also know the processes of the operating system that are used for its correct operation. You will be able to analyze the percentage of occupancy of the CPU, of the RAM, of the disk, of the net and of GPU. In addition, you can find information on energy consumption and the trend of each of the elements you will find in this section.
performance
This section of the task manager is used to know the use of different elements that the computer has. Among the most prominent is memory, CPU and the network of WIFI. You will be able to find memory information cache, the active time of the computer, the number of processes and identifiers. Another type of information that you will find in this section is that related to internet connection speed, the logical processors Yet the enabling or not of virtual machines.
Application history
You will be able to know an alphabetical list with the use of all the applications that you had on your computer. You will have the possibility to analyze the time of CPU, the amount of network activity, the metered use network connection, and the total MB that you used for their updates.
Start
Every time you turn on the computer, different applications that do not belong to the operating system run. If you want enable or disable some of them you can do from this section.
Users
You will be able to find a list with all the users who have access to the computer, discriminated by the percentage of use of the CPU, of the memory RAM and of disk, Inter alia. You want to disconnect some of them and you have administrator permission, you can do it from this part of the task manager.
Details
In this section you will find information about process IDs that are running or suspended. Which will be separated by username, you will be able to see if there is the possibility of virtualization in each of them. In addition, you will find an analysis about the total number of cores it uses in the processor and the amount of physical memory used by the process that cannot be used by others.
Services
This section it is used to open, stop and enable all the services that belong to the operating system and that allow its correct operation. It is very useful to stop peripheral related services every time they get stuck.
Learn step by step how to access W10 Task Manager
There are different ways to access the Windows 10 task manager. The most common is the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Del or also Ctrl + Shift + Esc, but these are not all, since you can also do right click on the taskbar and choose the option Task Manager.
If you want to know other methods, you can choose the one you like the most from the following list:
- In turn, if you write after pressing the button Start (or write directly to the search bar located next to) task manager, you will be able to access the application directly.
- You can also do it through File Browser. For this you will have to go to the option This computer, Windows (C), ProgramData, Microsoft, Windows, Start Menu, Programs and finally click on Windows system.
- If you prefer, you can access Windows 10 task manager from the Command Prompt. For this you will have to write cmd in the search field and then enter taskmgr.