A reported Windows 11 bug causes a new background Task Manager instance to spawn when the Task Manager is closed. Repeated opens can create dozens of Task Manager copies (~20-25 MB each); 100 copies ...

A new Windows 11 bug causes Task Manager to keep duplicating. Each time you close and reopen the tool, another instance launches. To avoid this, you'll have to close Task Manager from Task Manager ...

Recently, Windows 11 has added a new way to force-close unresponsive applications directly from the taskbar. Normally, when an app becomes unresponsive, users either have to restart their computer or ...

Task Manager is one of the oldest and most important parts of Microsoft's Windows operating system. First debuting in 1995's release of Windows NT 4.0, Task Manager has, over the years, evolved into a ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft has quietly introduced a new Windows feature allowing you to deal with unresponsive applications faster. A new "End Task" option is available directly from the taskbar, ...

Microsoft has confirmed a known issue that is preventing users from quitting the Windows 11 Task Manager after installing the October 2025 optional update. This comes after widespread user reports ...

When you deal with complex products like Windows, bugs are anything but surprising. But things get ironic and a bit funny when bugs affect parts of the system that are supposed to be bulletproof, say, ...

Microsoft has resolved a known issue preventing users from quitting the Windows 11 Task Manager after installing the optional Windows 11 KB5067036 update. Although having a few Task Manager processes ...

I installed Bazzite this week on my gaming PC and… it just works, at least for the games I've tried so far. I haven't yet tried to move my DCS install yet and might have to keep my Win10 partition ...

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 ...

The first solution involves checking the multi-core support in the BIOS. Every motherboard comes with an option to allow or block users from utilizing multiple cores. You need to check this setting by ...