The New Windows Task Manager                             

Now you can monitor running tasks within your system!

What does the Program List Box show?  

The list box displays current programs running on your system. Their details are given under the following list names: Process Name, PID and Memory Usage. To further view this information, you can highlight a specific program, looking under Process Information. If you want to make a program more responsive, select and highlight a program from the program list box.


When should you use the Manage Process Priorities Slider Bar?

You can increase its priority by using the slider provided under the option Manage Process Priorities.


What’s the cost of allowing one program to run faster than another program?
 

You should use this option carefully. When you make one program faster over another program, the other programs are forced to “give-up” CPU time to the program that’s more responsive.
 



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End Program Button:  To quickly end a program, select a program from the list box and press the End Program button.

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Start New Button:  You can start a new program, by clicking on the Start New button, while looking for a new program.  The Task Manager will launch your requested program for you. Starting a new  program is most common for users when the Windows Explorer isn’t functioning.  From here, you can start-up Windows Explorer again!