Windows 8 Task Manager
How to customise Task Manager
Task Manager's Processes tab shows CPU, Memory, Disk and Network by default. Above these headings are percentages so you can see at a glance whether any is maxed out. It isn't obvious, but you can right-click on any of these values to display a list of extra attributes that you might want shown.
Tick Command line, for example, and you'll be able to see where the app or process is located on your disk.
At the bottom of the same menu is Resource values. Hover over this and a sub-menu will appear with Memory, Disk and Network. For each, you can choose whether to show percentages or values. By default these are all set to values, but it can be easier to understand the figures as percentages.
Performance
In the Performance tab, the CPU graph can be customised by right-clicking and choosing a different view. By default you no longer see how hard each processor core is working, but you can revert to the old way of doing things and see a graph for each core by choosing Change graph to Logical processors from the right-click menu.
Double-click on a graph to switch to a compact 'graph view', and double-click again to switch back.
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Comments
MJ said: I want to know how to easily fix changes made to affinity so they are permanent That is my main reason for using the Task Manager
Omendata said: AestheticallyI dont like the graph style its hard to read I prefer the old black and green filled style but it is easier to debug and analyse services etcWindows 8 isnt as bad as people make out but lack of the start menu even as an optional add-in at installation would have made more sense - ie in the initial setup why didnt it offer a selection of install machine type - tablet touchscreen device pc laptop
Jrsww96 said: One of the few things they did right
Nicholas said: Many people focus on Windows 8s new Start screen and Modern UI and rightly so Its only rightly so if thats what they wantPersonally I like windows 8 as a desktop the new start menus is much easier to work-throughVisually the task manager looks different but provides the same infoI do like the fact the Startup options have been added there using config to bring them up in earlier versions was kind of stupid