When using windows what manager can you open to see a list of processes that are being executed by the processor?

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Answer The manager you are referring to is called the Task Manager. It can easily be opened by pressing and holding CTRL, Shift and Esc keys. The items on the table are all of the processes running at the moment. Think of a process as a program. You are very familiar with this you just are not aware of it until now. When you are surfing the web your internet browser has a process running. The same is true for Microsoft Word when you are typing a document. The advantages of the task manager is you can end a process (program) even when the program itself has stopped responding. You do this by right clicking the process and clicking end task. The other advantage of Task Manager is it allows you to see what is using your computer's resources. Many people ask what is a good number of process to be running so that their computer is not slowed down. Computers are very different with various amounts of processing power and other specifications. The general rule of thumb is the more processes that are running the slower your computer will be. Do not blindly start ending processes because there are some processes running that are part of the Windows operating system.

If you computer is running slow you will want to alter what process start running when the computer boots (starts). To do this you will have to view the Startup tab. To stop a process from being started when the computer boots right click it and click disable. Be very careful doing this. There are processes related to the Windows operating system and disabling them could cause technical problems. If you disable any processes from starting up I highly recommend that they are only process where it is clear what they do. For example, if you have Skype installed on your computer and you don't mind having to manually start it in order to receive calls then it is fine to disable it.