There have been many reports, especially with MacBook Air and other laptop owners, where the Mac OS X “kernel_task” process takes up a large amount of CPU when checked in Activity Monitor. When this ...

If you can imagine using something like Process Hacker, you should get it. Process Hacker 2.30 is a powerful replacement for Windows’ Task Manager, and serves to provide both information and a way to ...

MiTeC has released an updated edition of its freeware Task Manager DeLuxe with new disk and I/O charts, extra CPU stats and a memory map. Sounds good, but does the program really have the power to ...

Anurag is an experienced journalist and author who’s been covering tech for the past 5 years, with a focus on Windows, Android, and Apple. He’s written for sites like Android Police, Neowin, Dexerto, ...

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, ...

This chapter excerpt on Managing and Monitoring Windows 7 (download PDF) is taken from the book Using Microsoft Windows 7. The Windows 7 advice and troubleshooting tips in this book will help you ...

Processes and process automation take many forms. Here’s how to navigate the growing ecosystem of tools for automating everything from simple repetitive tasks to complex custom workflows. In 2015, ...