One of the most often-asked questions is \u201cWhy is my Windows computer so slow?\u201d It\u2019s a simple question and many times there are no easy answers.\u00a0 But there is one tool you can use to help you find out why your\u00a0 PC is running so poorly: Windows Task Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n Open Windows TaskManager in any version of Windows by using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Or right-click on the Start button and click \u201cTask Manager\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Today, we will use Windows 11\u2019s Task Manager for this tip \u2013 but don\u2019t worry, if you\u2019re using Windows 10 we\u2019ve got you covered as well.<\/span><\/p>\n The default view for Task Manager in Windows 11 is the Processes view \u2013 that\u2019s fine because looking at all the running processes can give you a good idea of where all your computer\u2019s resources are going.<\/span><\/p>\n So, let\u2019s see what\u2019s going on with my PC at this early hour. My computer is running well right now even though I\u2019m using up 72% of my 12 GB of RAM because I\u2019m lazy and have three browsers and a lot of tabs open plus each browser has some extensions installed.<\/span><\/p>\n As you can see from the screenshot below Microsft Edge is using up over a gigabyte of RAM (memory), Firefox is consuming nearly a gigabyte, and Chrome is over half a gigabyte of RAM. Those three browsers consume about 2.5 GB of RAM. I’m glad I have 12 GB of RAM on this PC, or it may not be running so well. If I had only 4 GB of RAM my computer would be slow or may even stop responding.<\/span><\/p>\n Other important columns to review when diagnosing your slow PC are CPU and Disk (activity). We\u2019ve seen computers that show 100% CPU or 100% disk activity and are barely responding. Task Manager will show you how much CPU and RAM are being used and how high the Disk (activity) is \u2013 and will show you which process or processes are using the most.<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to change the order in which the processes using the most RAM, CPU, or Disk activity are displayed, click on the column name at the top. In the screenshot below, I\u2019ve ordered the \u201cMemory\u201d (RAM) column from the processes using the most memory (RAM) to the ones using the least. See?<\/span><\/p>\n You can easily see from the screenshot above that Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Google Chrome are gobbling up the most RAM.\u00a0 \u00a0But remember, you can change the order of any of the columns, CPU, Disk, etc. to show the processes using the most at the top.<\/span><\/p>\n By using Task Manager in this way, you can find out which processes are using up your resources and causing your computer to run poorly.<\/span><\/p>\n So, if your computer is not running as it should, Task Manager can be an important tool to help you learn why your computer is running poorly.<\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re using Windows 10\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n And, there\u2019s not much difference in how Task Manager works in Windows 10 if you\u2019re using it to diagnose PC troubles. But here\u2019s something you need to know. Windows 10\u2019s Task Manager does not show details in its default view, but that\u2019s easily remedied.<\/span><\/p>\n If you open Task Manager in Windows 10 and find it looking empty or a bit sparse, just click on \u201cMore details\u201d at the bottom, and Task Manager will show you all the details that you see in the Windows 11 Task Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n Want to Find Out Why Your Computer is So Slow? Try Using Windows Task Manager One of the most often-asked questions is \u201cWhy is my Windows computer so slow?\u201d It\u2019s a simple question and many times there are no easy answers.\u00a0 But there is one tool you can use to help you find out why your\u00a0 PC\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28254,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28251\/revisions\/28254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Windows](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2022\/taskman11a.png\")
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