Windows 8 Task Manager Detailed

Author: Jianghui Tian

Windows Task Manager system, we should not unfamiliar. It is estimated that more friends are stuck when they execute the program and have to start the task manager by Ctrl+Alt+Delete to end the program. In addition, the task manager can view the current system resource usage, such as CPU and memory. Wait for resources to occupy. In the Windows 8 system, the task manager has also changed a lot. Compared with Win7, it is more user-friendly and intelligent, and has a very big change in interface operation and function setting. In this article, let's take a look at the power of Win8 Task Manager.

How do I open the Task Manager?

Self-recognition is the drift of Windows masters :). After all, there are still a lot of newcomers, especially the newcomers who have just experienced the Windows 8 system. It is estimated that there are still many operations that cannot find the North.

1, is also the normal operation path: on the desktop taskbar, right click, select “ task manager & rdquo;;

2, shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + Delete, press The next set of shortcut keys, including lock, switch user and logout, etc., of course, also includes the task manager;

3, shortcut key: Ctrl+Shift+Esc, can directly start the task manager;

4, run: Win+R open the run box, enter taskmggr and determine;

5, in the search for the super button, enter Chinese <; task manager & rdquo; or program name & ldquo;taskmgr” Bring up the task manager;

6. Shortcut: Select the task manager from the menu that pops up in Win + X.

Comparing with Windows 7 System Task Manager

Window 7 System Task Manager (Click to enlarge)

Compared to previous Windows 98, Windows XP, to Win7 In the system, the task manager has a lot of option parameters. In addition to the basic process, you can view all processes and join the resource monitor. But this information is not something that ordinary white users can understand. The most used is just the end of the task, but it is also limited to identifiable, such as the Chinese name, or easy to identify such as QQ.

In the process, so many English names and service processes are mixed together. It is not easy to know the properties of each process. Fortunately, Win7's task manager is also very smart and powerful, and the monitoring of resources, etc., are also very intuitive.

Windows 8 Task Manager Interface

Windows 8 Task Manager - Short Information Interface

Windows 8 Task Manager - Details

We see that the resource manager of Win8 system is very simple, and is divided into two parts: “simplified information” and “details”, and it seems to be beautiful in appearance.

In the Lite Task Manager, there are no complicated function tags. Only the currently running programs can use the right mouse button to perform some basic functions such as ending tasks, opening file locations, and online search. But for most users, if the program is stuck and the system is not responding, the end of the task can be achieved in the simplified version. Next, we mainly talk about the details panel of Win8 Task Manager.

At the bottom left of Task Manager Starter Edition we expand “Details” switch to a more powerful full version. There will be more powerful task managers here: processes, performance, users, services, and some new feature panels.

Windows 8 Task Manager Features

Process: Program Grouping and New Naming Methods

Win8 Task Manager groups running programs, such as applications , background processes, Windows processes, then we are relatively easy to quickly determine the properties of the program.

Windows 8 Task Manager has grouped programs

In addition, in this task manager, almost all running program names are easy to identify, no longer a lot like before. The basics of English cannot be understood, and it is impossible to immediately judge whether it can be ended. And the detailed service process, we click on the small triangle to the left of the name to expand, you can view all the current processes.

Of course, some processes may still not understand and do not know what it means. On the name of the process you want to know, in the menu that pops up with the right mouse button, click “Online Search”, it will automatically open the default browser to search for the current name, to help you determine whether a background process is useful.

Online Search - Right click on the name

User-friendly resource usage alert interface

In the "process", in addition to the name change, the CPU here The contents of the memory, disk, and network tags are also identified by color blocks. The meaning here is that the color occupancy ratio is intuitively reflected by the depth of the color, which reduces the monotony of the digital stack and looks very comfortable and clear.