The Task Manager is an operating system component available in Windows.

Microsoft improves the task manager between each version of Windows, sometimes quite dramatically.

A similar program called Tasks exists in Windows 98 and Windows 95.

open Task Manager through Windows Security interface

How to initiate the Task Manager

Starting Task Manager is always a concern for many of you.

Now we will list some easy and quick ways for you to open it.

You are probably familiar with the way that pressingCtrl+Alt+Deleteon your keyboard.

press Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys

Before Windows Vista was released, this way can bring you directly to Task Manager.

The quickest way to start Task Manager assuming your keyboard works normally is to pressCtrl + Shift + Esc.

Just need two clicks.

right-click on any blank area on the taskbar to open Task Manager

While we have listed these four convenient ways which are totally enough for you.

TheProcessestab is available in all versions of Windows.

There is a quick link to the Resource Monitor at the bottom of this tab.

type taskmgr in run box

This tab is great for identifying and then disabling programs that you dont need them to run automatically.

Users

TheUserstab shows users currently signed in to the computer and the processes are running within each.

Details

TheDetailstab contains full details of each process running on your setup.

Task Manager window

The information provided in this tab is useful during advanced troubleshooting.

The status is Running or Stopped, and you might change it.

What to Do in the Task Manager?