Windows 10 Task Manager Review
The Windows Task Manger has been a helpful and solid tool on Windows OS for a many years.
It has been a go to first look trouble shooting tool; along with the Event Viewer logs. On
Windows 10 operating system Microsoft has expanded the Task Manager to be a little better.
Here is a brief overview of the added functionality and Features.
1. Processes Tab: Apps and Background Processes by CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network
Right click individual process
a. End Task
b. Create dump file
c. Go to details (another top level tab)
d. Open file location
e. Properties
2. Performance Tab: Display of CPU, Memory, Disk(s), WiFi, Bluetooth, and open Resource
Monitor
3. App History Tab: by CPU, Network, metered network, and Tile updates (double click on each
app in history opens the app)
4. Startup Tab(Impacted): Name of app/process, Publisher, Status and Startup impact - Not
measured, Low, Medium, High
5. Users Tab: app/process usages per user for CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network
6. Details Tab: App/Process Name, PID, Status, User name, CPU, Memory (private working set),
Description
a. End Task
b. End process tree
c. Set Priority (realtime, High, Above normal, Normal (default), Below normal,
and low
d.Set affinity
d. Analyze wait chain
e. UAC virtualization
f. Create dump file
g. Open file location
h. search online
i. Properties
j. Go to service(s)
7. Services Tab: Name, PID, Description, Status, and Groups
8. View menu option: Update speed High, Normal (default), Low, and Paused
There is rather a lot new and useful things that have been added. The Startup tab is a helpful
feature added to the tool that gives you an idea if there is a run away process or app. That
alone will add a lot of value to trouble shooting a problem; so to will the App history feature.
The new Windows 10 Task Manager adds a lot of value to IT trouble shooting and the new
features in the Task manager will help administrators resolve system and application issues
much faster. The new Windows 10 Task Manager gets into the enterprise tools level with
expanded functions and options.
The Task manager will not replace the SCOM’s of the monitoring space, but it will help
determine the root cause of some problems faster and in a first look trouble shooting step. For
those organizations who lack an application level monitoring solution the new features in the
Window 10 Task manager will really help IT.
All and all the enhancements to the new Windows 10 Task manager is a pleasant surprise and a
welcomed one at that.