If Battlefield 6 fails to launch and you see an EA Javelin AntiCheat message (for example: “Service has encountered an error” ...

Modern applications — from Chrome and Photoshop to AAA games and video editors — rely heavily on your graphics card. That’s why Windows Task Manager includes GPU monitoring by default. But what if ...

I used Windows Task Manager for years without questioning it. It worked, mostly. But once I started caring about why my PC slowed down and which process was actually responsible, surface-level stats ...

In context: Mounting controversies have not deterred Microsoft from adding unpopular AI features to Windows 11, which is struggling to gain users despite the end of official Windows 10 support. A ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: The list of processes in my Task Manager shows “Microsoft Edge (48)” and “Google Chrome (42)” immediately ...

This repository offers a comprehensive collection of official resources, user guides, and reference materials for Abelssoft StartupStar, designed to optimize Windows PC startup management. Ideal for ...

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With Microsoft Ignite 2025 now underway in San Francisco, the Windows Insider Program is lighting up with some new updates. Among them is the first preview of Copilot Actions across all Insider ...

Making a program run on startup in Windows ensures your essential apps load the moment you sign in, and in this guide, we’re going to show you how to do that on Windows 11.

Dave Plummer was once a programmer for Microsoft, where he played a key role in the development of the Windows Task Manager as well as the ZIP archive import for the operating system. The man has ...

Task Manager is one of the essential tools of Windows, an easy, always-available look at what software is running (or not). But most users don’t have it open constantly and even those who do probably ...