USING TASK MANAGERTASK MANAGER PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES RUNNING ONYOUR COMPUTER AND THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR COMPUTER

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Lesson 1: Using Task Manager

Task Manager provides information about the programs and processes running onyour computer and the performance of your computer. You can use Task Manager tostart programs, to stop programs and processes, and to see a current view of your com-puter’s performance.After this lesson, you will be able to

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Monitor programs by using Task Manager

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Monitor processes by using Task Manager

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Monitor system performance by using Task Manager

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Monitor networking by using Task ManagerEstimated lesson time: 25 minutes

How to Monitor Programs

Task Manager allows you to monitor applications and processes that are currently run-ning on your computer. It also provides information about the processes, including thememory usage of each one. It provides statistics about the memory and processor per-formance and network usage. You start Task Manager in any of the following ways:

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Press C

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Right-click the Windows taskbar, and then click Task Manager

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Press C

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Note Provided your computer running Windows XP Professional is in a domain environment, you can start Task Manager by pressing C

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. However, if your computer is in a workgroup environment, you might need to start Task Manager by selecting it, depending on how the logon and logoff options are configured.The Task Manager dialog box shown in Figure 19-1 has four tabs: Applications, Pro-cesses, Performance, and Networking.