Task Manager

Windows 10 Task Manager gets Architecture Column

Posted by Techdows on Jan 9th, 2020

To let you know the architecture of a each running process in Windows 10 (whether it is x86 or x64 or ARM or ARM64) Microsoft now allows to add new “Artchitecure” column to Details tab in Task Manager. Task Manager component... More »

Firefox 40 gets Task Manager Feature

Posted by Techdows on May 4th, 2015

Chrome browser offers task Manager, when you use Shift+Esc on Windows you can open it and see which process is consuming a lot of resources (‘stats for nerds’ reveals lots of information). Firefox lacks this feature, with... More »

Two googledrivesync.exe Processes Running in Task Manager

Posted by Techdows on Aug 16th, 2012

With Google Drive app installed in Windows, you can notice googledrivesync.exe process running on the task Manager under Processes tab:not one, but two! You may wonder why two googledrivesync.exe processes running? While we may feel... More »

How to disable Startup Programs in Windows 8

Posted by Techdows on Mar 8th, 2012

Previous versions of Windows offers “System Configuration” tool (we can launch it by using Msconfig in run command) which lets you troubleshoot Windows startup problems by disabling startup programs or services selectively and... More »

Multiple Plugin-Container.exe Processes Running in Task Manager [Fix]

Posted by Techdows on Dec 18th, 2011

Since Firefox 3.6.4 version onwards Mozilla introduced Out- Of Process Plug-in (OOPP) feature for Firefox where all plugins will run in a separate process called plugin-container.exe which appears running in Task Manager when you’re... More »

Task ForceQuit Pro, Close/Restart Frozen Apps without Rebooting your PC

Posted by Techdows on Oct 13th, 2011

We’re all familiar with this, if a program stops responding for some time, we do open Task Manager, select that application and click “End Task” button there ends the matter isn’t it? may be not, sometimes we need to reboot... More »

TM.exe is Windows 8 Task Manager Process

Posted by Techdows on Sep 29th, 2011

As you might know Windows 8 Task Manager redesigned to suit Windows 8 UI, the new Task Manager offers more information about the running processes, applications and background services than old Task Manager in previous versions of... More »

Access Old and New Task Managers at Once on Windows 8

Posted by Techdows on Sep 21st, 2011

Windows 8 Task Manager looks good, but it’s too much for us to start using it right away after installing Windows 8 Developer Preview, do you know you can still access Windows 7 style task manager on Windows 8 by creating a shortcut, ... More »

Disable Metro UI on Windows 8 but Keep Ribbon Explorer & Task Manager With Windows 8 Menu Switcher

Posted by Techdows on Sep 19th, 2011

I don’t know why developers keep developing tools to disable metro UI and bringing back Windows 7 Style Start Menu to Windows 8 based on simple registry hack, instead they can try to develop the apps to close metro apps and change... More »

What is IEMonitor.exe? How to disable it from Running in the Task Manager

Posted by Techdows on Mar 25th, 2011

Still a lot of people use the browser’s built-in downloader to download files from the internet, on the other hand, Free Download Manager and Internet Download Manager (IDM) (Paid app) are also used by users for faster downloads. If... More »

What is Firesheep-backend.exe? Why is it running in the Task Manager

Posted by Techdows on Nov 13th, 2010

We’ve covered that BlackSheep Firefox extension detects and alerts users if anyone is using Firesheep on your wireless or open networks, to install BlackSheep extension you first need to install wincap in your Computer. If you have... More »

Quick Disaster Recovery helps to Enable Disabled Windows features due to Viruses

Posted by Techdows on Nov 1st, 2010

When your system is infected with viruses the main windows tools or features gets affected are Task Manager, Registry Editor, Folder Options. Even though antivirus installed in your Computer may remove viruses but it can not re-enable... More »

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