How does the Windows Task Manager display information about running processes and threads?

[ProfRon]

You know how Task Manager pops up when you hit Ctrl-Shift-Esc. It lists all those processes chugging away in the background. I always check the Processes tab first. That's where you see the big picture of what's eating your CPU or hogging memory.

Processes show up with names like chrome.exe or explorer.exe. Each one gets a bar graph for CPU use. You spot the troublemakers quick that way. Memory usage appears next to it in megabytes. I tap that column to sort the heavy ones to the top.

Threads hide a bit deeper. Switch to the Details tab for that. Right-click the columns and add the Threads one. Now you see how many threads each process juggles. It's like peeking under the hood at the busy workers inside.

I once had a game freezing up. Task Manager showed one process with tons of threads spiking. Killed it and boom, smooth sailing. You can end tasks right there too. Just right-click and select End task. Careful though, don't nuke system stuff.

Performance tab gives graphs over time. Watch CPU threads dancing up and down. It helps you guess if something's hogging resources sneaky-like. I refresh it often during tweaks.

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