What do you think causes almost two-thirds of all problems encountered by Windows-based PCs? Try background tasks. When you start up your computer, dozens of tasks called “processes” are loaded into your system’s memory. If you want to take a look at them, press Ctrl-Alt-Del and when Windows Task Manager appears, click on the Processes tab. What you’ll see looks like a lot of daunting gobbledygook. Oh, you may be able to puzzle out some of the file names you see in the processes list, but most of them might as well be written in Sanskrit.
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‘Ultimate Troubleshooter’ Exposes Hidden PC Processes
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 13, 2006 04:00 AMWhat do you think causes almost two-thirds of all problems encountered by Windows-based PCs? Try background tasks. When you start up your computer, dozens of tasks called “processes” are loaded into your system’s memory. If you want to take a look at them, press Ctrl-Alt-Del and when Windows Task Manager appears, click on the Processes tab. What you’ll see looks like a lot of daunting gobbledygook. Oh, you may be able to puzzle out some of the file names you see in the processes list, but most of them might as well be written in Sanskrit.