Experience the all-new Task Manager in Windows 8

TipsMake.com - Task Manager is often the first thought after installing a new operating system. Because we will have to install and customize the software for our work, so users need to regularly monitor the performance of the system and cancel unused applications.

If you are using Windows 8 for the first time, it may take a few minutes to find the Task Manager system manager. The following article will introduce you to some other ways to start this utility, and explore new things in it.

Run Windows 8 Task Manager from Metro interface

From the Windows 8 Metro interface, start the Search section in Charm with Windows + W shortcut or just type in Task Manager keyword.

The Task Manager utility will display on the left, simply click on it:

First you'll see Windows 8 show Task Manager in Classic Desktop format. Task Manager is greatly simplified by default, with the list only listing running applications and its status:

Windows 8 will ' suspend ' inactive applications to save memory and CPU.

Like the previous version, if you want to close an application that is running, just select it and press the End Task button below.

To see all the processes in Task Manager, click More details :

The first is the Processes tab, which provides details about running applications, including: Status,% CPU, Memory, Disk and Network .

See more pictures of each Tab function in Task Manager

On each tab you can click the File menu> select Update Speed to change the data update speed from the operating system faster or slower, the default is Normal .

Launch Task Manager from Legacy Desktop

In Legacy Desktop, like in Windows 7, you can start Task Manager by right-clicking on the Task Bar and selecting Task Manager :

In Windows there are about 10 ways to do this. The above is just one of them.

There are many new things in Windows 8 Task Manager and all Windows 8 in general. The next section will continue to delve into these new features. See you again!

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