Surely anyone who works with Windows operating systems, at least once, but turned to a system service called the "Task Manager." Most ordinary users use this applet only to complete frozen processes, completely unaware of its true purpose and capabilities. Further it is proposed to consider this topic in more detail, since this tool can be used for such purposes, which many people don’t even know and don’t even know about.
What is a Task Manager?
And for starters, consider what kind of service it is. Based on the name, it is easy to guess that this applet was originally created in order to monitor all active processes that are currently happening in the system, including running user applications and background system processes.
Naturally, an ordinary user is trying to complete those programs that have stopped responding here. But sometimes you should act wisely, since the completion of some processes can lead to instability of the entire system as a whole.
What does Task Manager do?
But back to the main question. In fact, the possibilities in the service are much greater. So, for example, it can be used to monitor system performance (for this, the performance tab can be used on which you can monitor the load on the processor and RAM in real time, as well as find out the data exchange rate on the hard disk or in the network.
In addition, the "Task Manager" allows you to find out the load on system resources by sorting all active processes using the same processor or RAM. Thus, you can immediately find out which process is loading the computer system the most, and if necessary (unless it is a system service) stop it. But that is far from all. We’ll dwell on additional features a bit later, but for now we’ll see how to open the “Task Manager” in several simple ways that many users may even have no idea about.
Applet Launch Methods
Everyone, even a novice user, knows that to start the service, you can use the classic 3-finger combination in the form of the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + Del. This option appeared in Windows 95.
Any student knows about this. Since then, however, several other options have been added to invoke the applet. As an alternative method, a combination of three keys can be used, but already using Ctrl + Shift + Esc. You can also use the RMB menu on the "Taskbar". But few people know that you can call this applet from the Run menu, entering the abbreviation taskmgr in the program launch line (the "Task Manager" in Windows 7 or even XP can also be launched in this way).
By the way, if you want, you can immediately create a shortcut to the shortcut. Since the console itself was originally designed to start applications that are in the System32 directory, you can also use the direct launch of the taskmgr.exe executable file directly from Explorer. But for 64-bit systems, all services are duplicated in the SysWOW64 directory, so the question of how to open the "Task Manager" can be resolved by starting the file in this directory, although, by and large, there is absolutely no fundamental difference .
Practical use
Now a few words about some additional features of this service. It’s worth mentioning right away that the “Task Manager” of Windows 7 is quite different from its counterpart in the tenth version of the system. The fact is that in Windows 10 this applet got the ability to control the so-called startup of the system, which was previously only available in the configurator (msconfig). In addition, the updated version has a separation into system, background and user processes.
But this is not the main thing. The "Task Manager" of any OS, for example, when detecting viruses allows you to track the location of suspicious processes. To do this, use the RMB menu with the choice of switching to the file location. In addition, the transition to the services section is also just as easy, in which you can stop an unnecessary process or change the parameters of its launch.
What to do if the “Dispatcher” cannot be opened?
Usually, the situation when the Task Manager does not start is related to the impact of viruses. You can fix the problems through the group policy editor (gpedit.msc), where through the administrative templates and the system section you should go to the item for selecting actions after pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del. On the right is the line for deleting the "Task Manager." If when entering the editing of parameters you have the value “Not set” or “Enabled” set, it must be changed to the disabled state.
You can also use the registry editor (regedit), where in the HKCU branch you need to go sequentially to the Policies section and change the value of the DisableTaskMgr parameter from one to zero in the System subfolder.
Along the way, it is worth checking the HKLM branch for the presence of a similar parameter. If it is in the same section there, it must be deleted.
Instead of a total
This is a brief summary of the Task Manager service. It seems that the main points related to its launch and main features have become clear to many, as well as the difference in applet options in different operating systems. It goes without saying that this service is not a panacea for all the troubles of Windows-systems, nevertheless, in some cases it may become the only possible tool for terminating processes, for revealing too “gluttonous” processes or even for locating virus files or folders. Of course, you can use third-party programs of a similar type (there are plenty of them now). But why, if the operating system itself has its own tool of very good quality?