The remaining tabs of the Task Manager are less used, but you might find them useful from time to time.
The Startup tab maintains a list of the applications that automatically launch when you start your system .
Note that applications you launch after your system starts up are not
included in this list. The list shows the amount of resources that the
app consumes.
Startup lists the applications that automatically launch. It allows you
to disable an app, which can be useful for diagnostic purposes when
your system exhibits unstable or unusual behaviors.
You can use this list to enable or disable an application’s startup behavior.
The Users tab
is a variation of the Processes tab, but it lists apps and services
alphabetically by user—again in heat map format. You can use this
diagnostic feature to stop startup programs if they are consuming too
many resources or contributing to a very slow startup.
Users is an alphabetical listing of running applications and processes
broken out by connected user accounts. You can use it to end a user’s
session and terminate apps or services.
The Details tab is an alphabetical listing of apps and services running on your system.
It can be useful when you want to quickly find something without having
to search categories first.
The Details tab is an alphabetical listing of apps and processes running on your system.
Notice that tile-based apps show a state of “Suspended”
when you work on the Desktop. When you switch away from a tile-based
app, the program’s state is saved to disk and is no longer running.
That’s why tile-based apps require so little time to start back up, and
why you aren’t required to close them when you aren’t using it. The
Backgammon app highlighted in is a tile-based app.
The Services tab is worthy of some attention. Services are processes that run in the
background and are used whenever required. Some processes are loaded
into memory and perform periodic functions; other processes are
suspended and their state is stored until they are called for; other
processes run continually.
The Services tab
Click the Open Services link at the
bottom of the window to open the Services control panel and alter a
service’s behavior. Be careful, though, because some services are
essential to keep Windows running, and many services have dependencies
that require other specific services be running for them to work. You
can garner information on the dependencies from descriptions found in
the Services control panel.
To enable or disable a startup app
1. Tap and hold, or right-click, an application to view its context menu.
2. Select the Disable command to pause a running application.
or
Select the Enable command to run a paused app again.
To disconnect a user
1. Tap or click the user account to select it.
2. Tap or click the Disconnect button to end that user’s session.
To terminate an app or process
1. Tap or click an app or process to select it.
2. Tap or click the Disconnect button to terminate that app or process.
Tip
Many services are optional but are installed
anyway. Hardcore gamers often turn off services to optimize their
systems; you can get advice on this from www.blackviper.com. The average user probably shouldn’t bother.
Tip
There are better tools than Task
Manager for managing startup activities. One competent application is
the System Configuration utility, which ships with Windows 8. Go to the
Run dialog box, type msconfig, and press Enter to view this utility.
