You've probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows' Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is ...
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Original Task Manager creator explains why it lies to you about CPU usage
Who knew asking your PC how much it was doing was actually pretty complex?
I have a shortcut in my startup folder to load Task Manager on startup, minimized. This way I will have a cpu monitor in my system tray. But, sometimes it does not show up. No matter how many times I ...
I stopped relying on Task Manager after discovering the hidden Windows activity it ignores.
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