The Task Manager has been around for a long time.
The app gives you access to many functions that can help with your efforts to monitor, control and optimise your operating system. It can also be used to diagnose system problems by showing abnormal use of resources. High usage of CPU, Memory, network or disk usage can indicate problems whose cause needs to be found and reduced. If you are tweaking your system settings you will want to see how effective they are by reviewing the relevant categories.
The Task Manager has been around for a long time.
The app gives you access to many functions that can help with your efforts to monitor, control and optimise your operating system. It can also be used to diagnose system problems by showing abnormal use of resources. High usage of CPU, Memory, network or disk usage can indicate problems whose cause needs to be found and reduced. If you are tweaking your system settings you will want to see how effective they are by reviewing the relevant categories.
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Windows Tools
Windows 10 Comes with many tools that can help you find information about the operating system and to change values. Some of the more sophisticated tools should be used with caution as changes can result in failure of the part or all of the operating system.
System settings are treated as a separate topic on this site and can be found here
The Task Manager is an inbuilt diagnostic tool and can provide invaluable information when you are problem solving
The Resource Monitor is another diagnostic tool focused on how your device is processing data in the CPU, Memory, Disk and Network.
The Recycle Bin is a file management tool for potentially unwanted files. They can be deleted to save disk space or restored for use.
Disk Cleanup is a tool that gathers data from certain areas in the device of files that may no longer be required such as temporary files.