Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

Task Manager

Synopsis

Displays information about running programs and processes.

To Launch

• Right-click on taskbar → Task Manager

• Ctrl-Alt-Del → Task Manager

• Command interpreter → taskmgr.exe

Description

Task Manager opens a property sheet with three tabs:

Applications

Displays the foreground programs currently running on the computer and lets you switch to a program, end the program, or find the process associated with the program. You can also launch a new program if you know its associated executable file. You can use the View menu to change the speed at which the display here is updated.

Processes

Displays the processes currently running on the computer and lets you end a process, end the process tree of which this process is the root, or modify the priority of the process. Do not indiscriminately modify the priority of running processes or your system may stop responding. You can use the Options menu to hide or view 16-bit processes that are running, and the View menu to change the speed at which the display here is updated or to display additional columns of information about running processes.

Performance

Graphically displays CPU and virtual-memory usage and gives various real-time statistics about processes and memory. Double-click on a graph to expand it vertically. Use the View menu to change the update speed, display each CPU separately on multiprocessor machines, or display the activity of kernel processes.