Check out this super-powerful, free alternative to Task Manager, from Microsoft. Windows isn’t just for hard-core geeks or just for novices. Being the most popular operating system on the planet, ...

I've always used Windows Task Manager to troubleshoot my computer when it's slow. I’ll open it and stare at the CPU or memory bars, hoping to find the problem. However, at times, everything looked ...

XP's Event Viewer and Vista's Windows Event Logs can help diagnose system woes, but Sysinternals' free Process Explorer gives you the real inside scoop. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

Today, on the Internet there are a lot of threats from malware, etc, which users face. To keep our computers safe, we often download and use antimalware programs and other security software. However, ...

A glib definition of Process Explorer is that it’s Task Manager on steroids. But that doesn’t do it justice. I prefer to compare it to the dashboard of a car. A Windows computer without Process ...

Win8.1 rant, but I first hit this several years ago on either WinXP or Win95. I decided to organize my music directory and was plagued by "Can't rename/move this directory as it's in use by another ...

Unable to delete, move, or perform any action on a file because it is locked by a process? Find out which process is locking a file in Windows 11/10 using various methods discussed in this article.