If Task Manager crashes, restarting it with Ctrl-Alt-Shift (Taskmgr.exe) will restart it with all settings reset to factory original defaults. This actually works for every app Plummer has written, ...
Since the advent of Windows in the early '90s, the saving grace of many panicked users has been the combination of the CTRL, ALT, and DEL keys. This holdover keyboard code from IBM's heyday in the ...
Microsoft redesigned several areas in Windows 11, including Task Manager. Almost two years ago, the company released Windows 11 version 22H2, which modernized Task Manager with new features and better ...
Windows is great at letting users multitask, and one of the reasons why it is great is its Task Manager. It lets you manage all running programs, and kill the programs that are causing issues. The ...
David Plummer, who wrote Task Manager back in 1994, takes us way deeper than just pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
What just happened? In 1994, greenhorn developer David Plummer sat in his den at home and wrote the code that would ultimately be used to create Task Manager in Windows. Now more than 25 years later, ...