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Simple Windows Task Manager tips
Power users on Windows will be very well acquainted with the Task Manager. This is the utility that can tell you how hard your CPU is working, what it's working on, what your memory usage is, or even how much network traffic your computer is currently using. But did you know that it has a "no titlebar" view? If you want to leave your Task Manager showing on your desktop for a period of time, it can be nice to hide the title bar and gain that space for displaying more information. To do this, simply double-click on the empty area to the right of the tabs. Once it has switched views, you can switch back quickly by double-clicking anywhere on the border.
One bonus tip: If you're new to the Task Manager, you may not know that you can set it to minimize down to your system tray area. This is a really nice way to keep an eye on how hard your CPU is working at any time. Simply open Task Manager (Start > Run > type "taskman" and press Enter), and in the Options menu, check "Hide when minimized". Now when you minimize it, the Task Manager will show as a tiny bar graph in your system tray near your system time.
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Subscribe to commentsFenrizJul 29th 2007 6:54PM
Eh, do you really want to be limited to the lobotomized gloss of data the Task Manager gives you? If you're interested enough in your running processes, cpu usage, memory, etc. to leave the utility running all the time, the well-known and well-loved Process Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx) is a universally better alternative. It will minimize to the tray and provide a usage meter, too, offers all the features of the Task Manager, plus *reams* of additional data the Task Manager does not. The only point anyone could make in favor of the TM over ProcExp is that it runs using about 1Mb less memory. But that's it. ProcExp still runs at only about 2.5Mb minimized. All-round excellent power user app. I feel uncomfortable running my machine without it.
Jordan RunningJul 29th 2007 7:46PM
Whoa! All these years and I never knew about the cool hide-the-titlebar trick. Very cool.
Nxqd3051990Jul 29th 2007 8:14PM
Use ProcessExplorer instead :)
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oneshot417Jul 30th 2007 9:37AM
nope, "Dtaskmanaager" is even better than process explorer.
hazardJul 31st 2007 7:35AM
ProcessExplorer is great but it does eat up more cycles .. I run Task Manager usually for lean and mean and then open ProcessExplorer if I need more muscule.
tikhoSep 21st 2007 10:00PM
how i can to activate the windows task manager tools?
tikhoSep 21st 2007 10:14PM
how i to repair my windows task manager?