Additional Windows Troubleshooting Tips and Tools

The following sections cover Windows troubleshooting tips and tools omitted from Chapter 20, “Troubleshooting Windows and Windows Applications.”

Troubleshooting System Problems with Windows Task Manager

Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP can display the Windows Task Manager (see Figure 22.22) when you press Ctrl-Alt-Del (select Task List from the security dialog). The Task Manager tabs include Applications (shows running applications); Processes (program components in memory); and Performance (CPU, memory, pagefile and caching stats). Windows XP adds a Networking tab (lists network utilization by adapter in use) and a Users tab (lists current users).

Figure 22.22. The Windows XP version of the Windows Task ...

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