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Beyond that, each tab brings subtle but interesting features you don’t see

in the Task Manager:

• CPU Enables you to start or suspend any process without killing it

• Memory Breaks down memory into specific types

• Disk Breaks disk activity down by PID

• Network Shows network activity by PID, open connections, much

more

Resource Monitor enables you to close running applications and all

associated programs with the End Process and End Process Tree context

menu options. It makes sense to put the options here, so you can look

specifically at programs jamming CPU usage, for example, or network

utilization.

In general, if you want a quick overview of what’s happening on your

system, use the Task Manager. When you need to get down to the details of

what process is using what resource and then close a buggy process, go to

Resource Monitor.

Performance Tools

The Task Manager and Resource Monitor are great at identifying current

problems, but what about problems that happen when you’re not around?

What about problems that happen over time? For example, what if your

system is always running at a CPU utilization of 60 percent—is that good or

bad? Windows comes with tools to log resource usage so you can track

metrics such as CPU and RAM usage over time. In Windows a good tech

turns to Performance Monitor as the primary tool for tracking system

resources over time.

You can find Performance Monitor in the Administrative Tools applet in

Control Panel. You can also open the tool by going to Start | Search, typing

perfmon.msc, and pressing enter. Performance Monitor opens to a screen

that displays some text about Performance Monitor and a System Summary

(see Figure 12-31). Little is done on this screen.

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