Hidden Explorer Shell Options in Windows 8 Alan McCloskeyNov 29, 2014November 29, 20140 There are hidden Explorer shell options in Windows 8 that allow you to completely exit the shell. The best part is that no registry settings Read more
How to get Task Manager Back to Normal Alan McCloskeyNov 16, 2012June 21, 20140 If you've ever opened Task Manager in Windows 7 or below, you may have been surprised to see only the graphs of your CPU cores Read more
Windows 8 Task Manager: Restore Logical Processors Alan McCloskeyNov 6, 2012June 22, 20140 Even though you may have an 8-core or 12-core CPU, you may have noticed that the Windows 8 task manager just shows you one big Read more
What is svchost.exe and how do I kill it? Alan McCloskeyNov 4, 2008August 13, 20140 Multitasking operating systems run a bunch of stuff all the time… so much so that it may be difficult to know which processes you actually Read more
Weird Task Manager Problem Alan McCloskeyJul 2, 2008November 28, 20140 I had a weird task manager problem while copying files to my NAS.* When I open Task Manager to look at my network utilization, the Read more
Who Disabled My Task Manager? Alan McCloskeyMar 18, 2008June 26, 20143 I recently became the victim of a trojan virus… it was my own fault, and I have only myself to blame. This virus wasn’t a Read more
Where did Vista’s Task Manager Go? Alan McCloskeyJun 20, 2007June 21, 20140 Some of us are old enough to remember when the old three-finger salute was used to reboot out computers: a specific key combination recognized at Read more