With the latest Windows Release Preview, Microsoft is fixing a problem that has persisted for years: Its Task Manager CPU usage stats didn't make a lot of sense. This change was originally announced ...

Task Manager gives CPU usage in percentage of the total capacity of the system. A process that completely takes up one CPU of a dual system will be reported as taking 50% of the CPU.

Misconfiguration in the Dell Support Assist Manager can also cause this issue. If Dell Data Manager shows high CPU, Memory, Disk, or Power usage in the Task Manager of your Windows computer, follow ...

Discover why Process Explorer beats Windows Task Manager as a great alternative for task management, providing deeper insights and faster PC fixes.

Your PC can feel brand new or painfully obsolete, and the difference often has little to do with the processor logo on the ...

Some PC users/gamers have reported the issue whereby when they run certain apps/games (especially the Saints Row game franchise) on their Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, they notice high CPU usage ...

HWiNFO, which is a popular free, and one of the best hardware monitoring utilities, brings legacy CPU usage reading on Windows 11 with its latest version 7.46. For those not aware, HWiNFO reports CPU ...

In the previous posting, I covered the installation of Process Explorer and setting things up so that it runs automatically at startup time with its icon permanently displayed in the system tray ...

Windows 11 is far from perfect, but it does make Task Manager significantly better. It's modern, has a search bar, and easy-to-understand graphs. But what are some of the lesser-known features of the ...

High usage of the CPU often leads to overheating or excessive fan noise, which ultimately leads to poor computer performance, including program freezes, lags, and other problems. Although any program ...

PC gamers with an interest in the inner workings of their machine have historically had to rely on a mish-mash of third-party tools to keep track of CPU, memory, and GPU usage. Commonly used tools ...