Talk:Task Manager (Windows)

message: In Windows XP, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Esc launches Task Manager whether the welcome screen is disabled or not.  Ctrl+Alt+Del is the only key combination that is dependent on the welcome screen.  I have reworded the sentence in the article regarding this. 97.85.90.143 (talk) 15:04, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This is completely wrong. The combo is Ctrl+Shift+Esc, not Alt!! Naki (talk) 18:34, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Windows XP and Ctrl+Alt+Esc

message: Not sure exactly what the Vista change are, but certainly not the ability to 'add columns'. That is there on XP, and probably on 2K as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.214.18.240 (talk) 06:03, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vista changes - new columns 

message: missing any information about the parameters that can be given to the program via prompt (CLI)
:Yes, I see some such as /2, /4, etc, but have no idea what they mean.
:To the person who deleted my question, get a life - reverting the main Wiki article is OK, but reverting comments on the Talk page is ridiculous! Naki (talk) 18:26, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, it seems (for Windows 7, but not Vista) the "switches" depend on the way Task Manager was launched. If you run it via the Start Menu ---> Run, there are no switches. If you right-click the Taskbar, then run Task Manager from there, the switch is /4. Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc produces /2. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del that shows a menu (Lock/Log off/Switch user/etc) and then choosing Task Manager from that menu, shows /3. Not sure if /1 is possible.Naki (talk) 18:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  parameters 

message: Article previously did not specify which versions of Windows had this Mode. Clicking the source cited, KB 193050, specified the Windows versions to which it applied. Edited appropriately. 
Given the many versions of Windows operating systems out there, all editors please be careful to check applicable versions in such circumstances. Unimaginative Username (talk) 08:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference is misleading. Tiny Footprint mode is available in all versions of Windows XP. Note, generally, MS KB articles are only (at most) relevant to the actual versions they discuss. Specifically, that KB article talks about NT and 2K: it cannot be used to infer that tiny footprint mode is not available in (for example) Vista or Windows 3.1218.214.18.240 (talk) 07:34, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tiny Footprint Mode 

message: * The Mem Usage column on the Processes tab is actually the process' working set. The process has little or no direct control over its working set, which turns this column useless to determine how much memory a process is consuming.
How so?  I think knowing a process's working set is quite handy for determining how much memory a process is consuming.  In fact, unless I'm misunderstanding something, that's exactly what it means. Theclapp (talk) 14:38, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks original research to me. Deleting ... If anyone has source, he or she may feel free to add back. Fleet Command (talk) 18:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I concur with the deletion. Theclapp is correct. Good catch! Jeh (talk) 06:30, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mem Usage column on the Processes tab 

message: Did we exclude ReFS from Windows Server 8 just because this version of Windows is not final?Jasper Deng (talk) 04:22, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows 8 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The section says task manager is common target for viruses and has only a reference to an old website. I would like to know if this is still a problem in Windows 10 or just a thing of the windows XP era. I'll be tagging this section.
Felipe lorenzzon (talk) 18:49, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weaknesses? 

message: Task Manager shows a list of currently running programs that have a main window. It has a "more details" hyperlink that activates a full-fledged Task Manager with several tabs.
Right-clicking any of the applications in the list allows switching to that application or ending the application's task. Issuing an end task causes a request for graceful exit to be sent to the application.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.204.160.41 (talk) 06:18, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  computing