What should you do, for instance, if a web page refuses to close, or starts spewing copies all over your display screen?
What you SHOULDN’T do is to turn off your computer to stop it! Most of us know better, but I still hear of people doing this – and begging for damage to Windows or their other software in the process.
Instead, use the Windows ‘Task Manager’, via your keyboard’s Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys (known in the business as the “three fingered salute”). Then make sure you’re on the “Applications” tab, select the misbehaving application (a fancy word for “program”) and click on “End Task”. Most often, there will be a pause, then you’ll get a message box with an “End Now” button – if so, do that.
Windows 'Task Manager', With Outlook under the cross hairs
There are other cool uses for that Task Manager, like looking at what resources your programs are consuming, or shutting down your computer if it won’t shut down normally from the desktop ‘Start’ button.
My PC's 4 processors and memory. Notice also the "Shut Down" option.
Until next time, happy task managing…
_jim coe
Tags: Task Manager, utility program
