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Why is “sqlservr” causing regular CPU spikes?
I have checked the services, CPU and I have noticed that indeed it is sqlservr.exe that grabs the attention of my CPU (the next screenshot shows a short peak in sqlservr's CPU usage).
It happens ...
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Getting PATH of running *.exe
I am currently developing a customized CafeSuite system for my Internet Cafe.
And I'm using Java and JNI (Java Native Interface) to get through the Windows Registry.
But I have this module I can't get ...
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Task Manager not Displaying Correctly
When I launch the task manager for windows it displays but incorrectly, below is a screenshot of how it looks:
It normally has tabs above it with ways to close the task manager, only way I know ...
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Windows Task Schedule: How to disable taskeng.exe from popping up upon task initialization?
After a lot of fiddling around, I managed to launch a php script through Windows 7 Task Manager that mines data from the Twitter API every 5 minutes. The Task properties are as follows:
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Windows 8 Taskmanager and Explorer in Windows 7
I switched my main-OS to Windows 8 a few weeks ago but had to switch back to Windows 7 due to several bugs. What I really miss is the new taskmanager and the improved copy/paste dialog from ...
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How can I change what columns are visible in Task Manager?
I am missing the Memory category tab in Task Manager and need to know how to get it back.
How can I make it re-appear? Or what can I do to add/remove a column?
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Windows Phone 7 Emulator is very long to load
I have the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK on my computer with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.
I have developped an application but when I want to start it in emulator, it takes about 2 hours to load it, and it's ...
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Determining the URL of an active Chrome process via Task Manager
Given the following screenshot as an example:
How would you determine which subprocess of Chrome is chewing the most memory? Is this possible with Windows Task Manager (specifically on Windows 7, ...
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Task Manager Does Not Start Every Time
I have had a problem that started some time ago, 6 months maybe. I should have noted the first instance but I didn't. I am using Windows 7 Pro, 32bit. Under normal circumstances I can open up the the ...
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Understanding Performance in my Task Manager
Hi this is how my task manager looks like, most of the time.
Here are my questions
Does adding more RAM give me any performance benefits? If only 3.33GB of my 8GB DDR3 Ram is used, does this mean ...
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My cpu usage increased to 100% and my computer works slowly after dis assembly
Yesterday, I opened the case of my computer and cleaned the cards and other devices. When I re-assembled the computer and powered it on, Windows 7 works very slowly and the CPU usage in the task ...
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Windows Task Manager: How to see elevation status? [closed]
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How can I tell whether a process is running with administrator permissions?
Windows 7 Task Manager, Processes tab.
When I run a programm, batch ... elevated (run as ...
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How To Determine Which Tab In Internet Explorer Causes High CPU Usage?
I have high CPU usage in one of a few iexplore.exe *32 processes that i see in Windows Task Manager. Is there a way to identify which tab causing CPU spikes just like it is possible in Chrome?
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Is There A Way To Calculate Data In Task Manager?
Something takes a lot of RAM and i want to know what. I have list of running processes and need to know the sum of all of them because "In Use" does not help me to determine what takes most RAM:
I ...
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Remove icons from KDE task manager
How do I remove these icons from KDE's task manager?
I am using KDE 4.8 on Arch Linux, I've looked everywhere but I cannot for the life of me find out how to remove them
Thanks
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Taskmanager and memory usage
I'm a little bit confused about task manager and usage memory.
My question is:
the sum of all memory process is equal to physical memory used?
This is a picture of my task manager order by memory ...
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Opening Task Manager quickly
To open Task Manager, I press Ctrl+Alt+Del and then select Start Task Manager.
I would much prefer to have a shortcut on my desktop and avoid the Ctrl+Alt+Del. How can I do that?
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Windows 7 laptop slowing to near-standstill — PML HPZ12
My laptop was getting sluggish, to the point of being unusable. Nearly locked up entirely. I could barely get Task Manager to open, and when it finally did, it showed no applications running, and no ...
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What advantages does Ending Task have over Ending Process?
From what I know, everytime we want to stop an app (or a frozen app), we will go TaskManager, select the app, Go to Process and terminate the process. "Ending Process" is preferred over "Ending Task" ...
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Does Simply Opening Task Manager Jog the System?
I swear it's just in my head, but when my Windows computer hangs or freezes, I find that opening Task Manager (by either Ctrl-Alt-Del > Task Manager or Ctrl-Shift-Esc) sometimes seems to jog the ...
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KDE 4.7.2 - Change order of open windows in task manager?
I am using KDE 4.7.2 at the moment. I'm used to move the windows in the task manager by drag and drop. In earlier KDE versions this worked. But somehow it won't work now and I didn't find a solotion ...
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Task manager in windows XP
Can I change keyboard shortcut for task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL)
in Windodows XP with new sequence (like:A+B)
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Windows task Manager shows wrong memory?
Guess what it the memory on my system from below?
It is 3GB but it show 4.8? Why
On my different computer, it is running Windows Server 2003, it has 2 GB installed but it show 4GB (Limit field).
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How can I recognize a running batch file in task manager?
I run a few batch files as SYSTEM (as services) and they appear as cmd.exe in tasklist. Sometimes I need to terminate one of them but I cannot decide which cmd.exe to terminate.
Plus; I run many ...
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Cached memory refers to both cached memory (that is currently usable) and used memory (that was previous cached)?
Hi all I was trying to confirm my understanding of "standby list" and "modified list" as stated in this article.
Is it true that "Cached memory" (as shown in the image below) refers to memory that ...
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What are these different kinds of memory usage in Windows 7 task manager?
In Windows 7's task manager, I can select different columns to show. There are a bunch that are related to memory and memory usage, but I'm not sure what it all means.
I have a Dutch installation of ...
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Production Scheduling Software for a multi-line Job Shop?
I run a multi-line bottle filling company. We run multiple sizes and flavors. I need a program that will help my people schedule production on our machines.
Production Line #1
Job1: Clean, setup, ...
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Why is csrss.exe running 169 times?
When I noticed that opening many tabs (10 to 20) in Google Chrome took an increased time with every new one I looked into Process Hacker and discovered 169 csrss.exe processes. I've never seen that ...
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Highlight Excel spreadsheet cells every three days
I use Excel 2011 on OS X to track down my tasks list.
Now I would like to add a date cell to some tasks so that every three days these tasks get highlighted. My question is if there is any way so ...
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Utility to filter processes, or to view/kill old processes easily?
I have been looking for a Windows utility like Process Explorer or Process Hacker, but with any or all of these features:
Ability to filter processes shown (exclude OR include, either is fine)
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How to get a trace of the process history in Windows 7?
I recently noticed that there's a program which shows up on task-bar and disappears momentarily (No window shown). This happens periodically. I want to find out what process this is. Is there a way to ...
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Why does IE8 show up as multiple processes in Task Manager?
I'm using IE8 on WinXP-SP3, and when I run IE, there are quite a few iexplore.exe entries in the TaskMgr Process List, even when I am not using multiple tabs.
I am running this page in one tab ...
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What is “Memory Usage” and “Virtual memory size” in taskmgr?
I read: What do the Task Manager memory columns mean?. But I still don't understand what they say.
Is Working Set (Mem) exactly a size of process memory on RAM?
According to Wikipedia this is not ...
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How can I make Windows Task Manager keep it's position and size upon reopening?
When I open Windows Task Manager in Windows XP with SP3 it opens in the top left corner and it occupies a very small part of the screen. If I resize and reposition it to fill most of the screen when I ...
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How to kill IE 9 process with malware prompt?
Occasionally I'll stumble upon a website that pops up one of those annoying dialogs. [Using IE 9 with block popups (medium) configured]
As long as the dialog is open I can't navigate away from the ...
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How can I find out which process is using a file in a directory that I am trying to delete? [closed]
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Tool to determine what has locked a file
On Windows 7 I am trying to delete a directory in Windows explorer, however when I try, it tells me a file in that directory is ...
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Where do I find the device drivers in the task manager?
While running an OS all the drivers of keyboard, mouse, graphic card, nic must be in memory in order to be accessed by the CPU, right?
Each driver should be a process or at least a thread of a ...
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How can I find out how much RAM my plugins/extensions are using in Firefox 5?
Is there a Firefox Task Manager (like in Google Chrome) that would allow me to see how much RAM my plugins/extensions/tabs are using?
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How to add temperature tab to task manager?
I know that almost all processors nowadays have built in temperature sensors. How and why aren't these part of task manager? (or the performance tab)
Is there a different program that would ...
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Outlook tasks wont delete
I have a few tasks that don't seem to want to delete. I can try hitting the flag button for completion, remove any reoccurances, and even remove from list or delete, but they keep poping back in to my ...
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What's making my Windows 7 PC run so slow?
Today, my computer at work has been acting very slow. There seems to be a lot of lag that occurs between certain operations. For example, when one window has the focus and you click on another ...
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Disable task manager for restricted user on Windows 7 Home Premium
Anybody know how? So far all I've been able to do is disable the task manager for the admin user.
I used the following registry key:
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Task manager fails to load after power outage
Recently I had a power outage while watching a movie. With the power back on, Windows doesn't load as expected.
Symptoms are:
Windows 7 taskbar appears, but program icons and Recycle Bin don't;
I ...
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Can't end any process in Task Manager
For some reason I can't end any processes in Task Manager; I get an access denied error.
I am on an administrator account, and the processes I'm trying to terminate are not vital - e.g. even if I ...
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Bug in display 'Windows 7 Task manager'
I've installed Windows 7 on my computer. When I run the 'Windows Task manager', Menus and Tab Pages are not seen. Please help to solve it.
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Windows Process/Tasks over wmic?
There is a way to get the list of all running process/taks on Windows using the wmic interface? Is there is another way other than the windows task manager?
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Windows 7 CPU usage after update
After windows 7 updated and restarted it shows 98-100% CPU usage in task manager. But, it doesn't show any heavy process or thread using it. Are they hidden processes that the task manager doesn't ...
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Is there software that can help high level management manage teams?
Is there software, preferably web-based, that can help high level management manage the tasks every team/department is working on?
E-mails don't cut it anymore...
Does SharePoint fit this use case?
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Why is the Task Manager Total Physical Memory not 2048 MB or 2 GB
I found 3 numbers for the Total Physical Memory:
In the Task Manager under the Performance tab: 1978 MB
In Computer Properties: 2 GB
And running wmic computersystem get TotalPhysicalMemory ...
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what can impact windows performance besides Page File Usage, Available Physical memory and CPU usage?
Usually if windows is running slow (e.g. takes 7 seconds to open an explorer folder when it is usually sub-second), I identify that something chewing up memory or CPU. However, sometimes both are ...
