Dive past Task Manager to see per-process disk writes, open handles, and the remote IPs a service is contacting.

Task Manager has always been my first reflex when something feels off. If my PC slows down, I press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, glance at the Memory column, and see that the RAM usage sits at 80 or 90 percent ...

Scott Lowe drills down on the network-related metrics you can see in the Microsoft Windows Resource Monitor tool. In my TechRepublic series on Microsoft’s Resource Monitor tool, I have covered the ...

Resource Monitor displays real-time feeds of data about the critical systems of your PC. It’s a free utility that comes bundled with Windows 7 and Vista, and it’s very useful for monitoring your ...

Sometimes, your Windows computer may be running slow, even when you have a pretty good CPU configuration. It happens when your computer spends the resources to do some other task. To solve this ...

The Windows Task Manager is an impressive program that gives you detailed data for the resources that your PC consumes for various activities. This includes Processes, Performance, Application History ...

Just how much is ReadyBoost optimizing your system’s disk performance? Here’s a look at how to use Resource Monitor and Performance Monitor to nail down the specifics. In last week’s post, Is ...

Keeping an eye on your computer’s resource utilization can be useful, particularly if you’re regularly doing computationally intensive tasks. While it’s entirely possible to achieve this with software ...