If the Startup Impact column in Task Manager is showing Not measured, this post will help you. This usually means Windows is not tracking startup apps at boot time. The good news is that it is usually ...

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Microsoft PC Manager replaces multiple Windows tools with one free, official console. It boosts performance, cleans storage, manages apps, handles security, and offers handy utilities, all without ...

The Persistent Task Manager (PTM) is a simple, console-based Java application designed to help users manage their to-do lists effectively. It features persistence through file serialization (.dat) for ...

Have you ever wondered why we pay for expensive task-management apps when a tool you likely already have, Excel, can do the job just as well, if not better? Despite the hype around sleek, subscription ...

Task Manager is one of the essential tools of Windows, an easy, always-available look at what software is running (or not). But most users don’t have it open constantly and even those who do probably ...

This is important because: These are changes you feel every day. Start becomes quicker to navigate, battery status is clear at a glance, and the background Task Manager issue is resolved. Portable ...

If you’ve installed the optional KB5067036 update on Windows 11 and now notice a duplicate Task Manager, you’re not alone. Multiple instances accumulate, consuming your RAM and CPU resources. Here, we ...

Microsoft has confirmed that there's a new issue in Windows 11 that doesn't let users close the Task Manager after installing the October 2025 optional update. Cosing the Task Manager using the "X" ...

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 ...

A new Windows 11 bug causes Task Manager to keep duplicating. Each time you close and reopen the tool, another instance launches. To avoid this, you'll have to close Task Manager from Task Manager ...