Windows Task manager help

Windows Task manager is a windows builtin tool designed to watch and control running proccesses on a windows computer. This tutorial will help you newbies to learn how to access windows task manager and how to end or stop a running proccess using windows task manager utility.
If your Task manager has been disabled by a virus attack and you are unable to access task manager, read how to enable task manager
To Access windows task manager, press ALT + CTRL + DELETE buttons together or right click on the taskbar and select Task Manager.

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Now the windows task manager tool will appear. click at the PROCESSES tab to see all running processes on your computer. to STOP or END a proccess, right click at the PROCESS and select END PROCCESS, a confirmation dialogue box will appear, clik OK  and the proccess has been ended. For example; you wish to stop the Notepad.exe proccess to close NotPade application, click at the notpad.exe and select END PROCESS as shown in the image below

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Hope this tutorial helps newbies. Any comments or sugesstions, please post below.

Comments

  1. diz says:

    the virus does not allow me to open task manager except for on safe mode. what would you suggest?

  2. Rachna says:

    Hello

    I try to open taskbar for end the process but it automatically closed with in a 1 or 2 sec. now what i can do to remove personal shield pro .I am also not able to install any software because it dos’t allow any exe file to run on my PC.

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