Chapter 19. Using the Task Manager

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Ever have one of those days when a misbehaving application just wouldn't exit when you wanted to close it? How about when everything on the computer just runs slower than usual? If you have plenty of time and expertise, you can use the System Monitor to find the problem (see Chapter 22, “Performance Monitoring, Logs, and Alerts”). However, if you want to use a much simpler tool, turn to the Task Manager. The Windows XP Professional Task Manager allows you to do several things. Like the System Monitor, it can show ...

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