Wow... way cool new Task Manager in Vista

[Frankster]

Okay, sometimes I am a master of the obvious (too often, I guess).

But...

If you haven't already taken a look at the new Vista Task Manager... do it
now. I love it! This is the first time I've been able to really look at it.

Especially check out the [Resource Monitor] button under the Performance
Tab. Lots of very good stuff there!

My apologies to everyone who has already witnessed this new feature!

-Frank

 

[WoW]

it's looks vertually the same as XP

 

[Frankster]

No... it does not. But I'll have some of what you've been drinking.

-Frank

it's looks vertually the same as XP

Okay, sometimes I am a master of the obvious (too often, I guess).

But...

If you haven't already taken a look at the new Vista Task Manager... do
it now. I love it! This is the first time I've been able to really look
at it.

Especially check out the [Resource Monitor] button under the Performance
Tab. Lots of very good stuff there!

My apologies to everyone who has already witnessed this new feature!

-Frank

 

[Beck]

No... it does not. But I'll have some of what you've been drinking.

The only thing I can see different is the reliability and resource monitor.
Whathave you been drinking? lol

 

[Frankster]

The only thing I can see different is the reliability and resource
monitor.
Whathave you been drinking? lol

 

[Frankster]

The only thing I can see different is the reliability and resource
monitor.
Whathave you been drinking? lol

Drinking? Okay, here's some of the most obvious differences I see in Vista
when I have an XP box side-by-side (maybe some of these are lost on
non-techie types). Or... maybe these are not available in XP Home. I have XP
Business.

- Addition of [Services] and [Users] Tab
- New [Services] Shows Description of all running services
- New [Users] Shows all users on system
- [Performance]
- Has "Resource Monitor" button, XP does not
- Shows "Memory" and "Physical Memory Usage and History graph, XP does not
(XP shoes Pagefile usage and history graph.
- [Resource Monitor] Shows CPU, DISK, NETWORK and MEMORY statistics and
information
- You can tell what service or process, specifically, might be
responsible for disk activity
- You can see the actual name of the executable that is responsible for
what percentage of CPU usage

There is tons more information available in the Vista Task Manager than was
available in XP without using third party apps, command line tools, or other
stand-alone programs.

What? Are you guys blind? Or just not techie enough to appreciate this
convenient readout?

-Frank

 

[Jimmy Brush]

I like the new services integration with task manager.

Firstly, on the processes tab, click Show processes from all users.

- Notice the Services tab, where you can do basic administration of services
- If you right-click a svchost (or any exe) in the Processes tab and click
Go To Services, it will move you to the Services tab and hilight all of the
services that live in that process

Also, the Up Time for the system is now displayed in the Performance screen.


--
- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[Frankster]

The only thing I can see different is the reliability and resource
monitor.
Whathave you been drinking? lol

Okay, my last post bit the dust just as I finished detailing the differences
between XP and Vista Task Manager. I'm not gonna do it over. But this new
Task Manager allows much better understanding of what the system is doing.
Maybe some of that is lost on non-techie types.

-Frank

 

[Frankster]

Good, my full post showed up after all.

Funny, I only hit the send button once, but one message went out with only
the quoted text with all my additions missing, then another post went out
with everything included. Weird? A Windows Mail issue? Or maybe it's just
me!

-Frank

 

[Beck]

Good, my full post showed up after all.

Funny, I only hit the send button once, but one message went out with only
the quoted text with all my additions missing, then another post went out
with everything included. Weird? A Windows Mail issue? Or maybe it's just
me!

I think the MS server has been having problems for about a week now.

 

[Beck]

Okay, my last post bit the dust just as I finished detailing the
differences between XP and Vista Task Manager. I'm not gonna do it over.
But this new Task Manager allows much better understanding of what the
system is doing. Maybe some of that is lost on non-techie types.

I guess it depends on the individual. I never really used the XP one much
so I guess I don't really know what features it had. However at first
glance it all looks the same. lol

 

[Guest]

Users is in XP, it depends if you have fast user switching on or off if that
tab shows.

The only thing I can see different is the reliability and resource
monitor.
Whathave you been drinking? lol

Drinking? Okay, here's some of the most obvious differences I see in
Vista when I have an XP box side-by-side (maybe some of these are lost on
non-techie types). Or... maybe these are not available in XP Home. I have
XP Business.

- Addition of [Services] and [Users] Tab
- New [Services] Shows Description of all running services
- New [Users] Shows all users on system
- [Performance]
- Has "Resource Monitor" button, XP does not
- Shows "Memory" and "Physical Memory Usage and History graph, XP does
not (XP shoes Pagefile usage and history graph.
- [Resource Monitor] Shows CPU, DISK, NETWORK and MEMORY statistics and
information
- You can tell what service or process, specifically, might be
responsible for disk activity
- You can see the actual name of the executable that is responsible for
what percentage of CPU usage

There is tons more information available in the Vista Task Manager than
was available in XP without using third party apps, command line tools, or
other stand-alone programs.

What? Are you guys blind? Or just not techie enough to appreciate this
convenient readout?

-Frank

 

[Frankster]

I do not have fast user switching in my XP Pro laptop but there is no Users
tab in Task Manager.

-Frank

Users is in XP, it depends if you have fast user switching on or off if
that tab shows.

No... it does not. But I'll have some of what you've been drinking.


The only thing I can see different is the reliability and resource
monitor.
Whathave you been drinking? lol

Drinking? Okay, here's some of the most obvious differences I see in
Vista when I have an XP box side-by-side (maybe some of these are lost on
non-techie types). Or... maybe these are not available in XP Home. I have
XP Business.

- Addition of [Services] and [Users] Tab
- New [Services] Shows Description of all running services
- New [Users] Shows all users on system
- [Performance]
- Has "Resource Monitor" button, XP does not
- Shows "Memory" and "Physical Memory Usage and History graph, XP does
not (XP shoes Pagefile usage and history graph.
- [Resource Monitor] Shows CPU, DISK, NETWORK and MEMORY statistics and
information
- You can tell what service or process, specifically, might be
responsible for disk activity
- You can see the actual name of the executable that is responsible
for what percentage of CPU usage

There is tons more information available in the Vista Task Manager than
was available in XP without using third party apps, command line tools,
or other stand-alone programs.

What? Are you guys blind? Or just not techie enough to appreciate this
convenient readout?

-Frank

 

[Guest]

Turn it on and it will be. No fast user switching then only one user can be
logged in.

I do not have fast user switching in my XP Pro laptop but there is no Users
tab in Task Manager.

-Frank

Users is in XP, it depends if you have fast user switching on or off if
that tab shows.

No... it does not. But I'll have some of what you've been drinking.


The only thing I can see different is the reliability and resource
monitor.
Whathave you been drinking? lol

Drinking? Okay, here's some of the most obvious differences I see in
Vista when I have an XP box side-by-side (maybe some of these are lost
on non-techie types). Or... maybe these are not available in XP Home. I
have XP Business.

- Addition of [Services] and [Users] Tab
- New [Services] Shows Description of all running services
- New [Users] Shows all users on system
- [Performance]
- Has "Resource Monitor" button, XP does not
- Shows "Memory" and "Physical Memory Usage and History graph, XP does
not (XP shoes Pagefile usage and history graph.
- [Resource Monitor] Shows CPU, DISK, NETWORK and MEMORY statistics and
information
- You can tell what service or process, specifically, might be
responsible for disk activity
- You can see the actual name of the executable that is responsible
for what percentage of CPU usage

There is tons more information available in the Vista Task Manager than
was available in XP without using third party apps, command line tools,
or other stand-alone programs.

What? Are you guys blind? Or just not techie enough to appreciate this
convenient readout?

-Frank

 

[Frankster]

Look under the Performance Tab. Physical memory graphs are new. Select
"Performance Monitor" button... all new stuff.

-Frank

No... it does not. But I'll have some of what you've been drinking.

-Frank

what's different ?

it's looks vertually the same as XP
Okay, sometimes I am a master of the obvious (too often, I guess).

But...

If you haven't already taken a look at the new Vista Task Manager... do
it now. I love it! This is the first time I've been able to really
look
at it.

Especially check out the [Resource Monitor] button under the
Performance
Tab. Lots of very good stuff there!

My apologies to everyone who has already witnessed this new feature!

-Frank

 

[bp]

Look under the Performance Tab. Physical memory graphs are new. Select
"Performance Monitor" button... all new stuff.

-Frank

I didn't consider the preformence monitor task manager.

No... it does not. But I'll have some of what you've been drinking.

-Frank

what's different ?

it's looks vertually the same as XP
Okay, sometimes I am a master of the obvious (too often, I guess).

But...

If you haven't already taken a look at the new Vista Task Manager... do
it now. I love it! This is the first time I've been able to really
look
at it.

Especially check out the [Resource Monitor] button under the
Performance
Tab. Lots of very good stuff there!

My apologies to everyone who has already witnessed this new feature!

-Frank

 

[Frankster]

You know, the reaction, in general, about my Task Manager post really amazes
me. Ninety-nine percent negative or condescending in one way or another
(ah... that was already there, uh... what changes?...lol, I never use Task
Manager anyway...).

Whatever! I like it!

It is very convenient having all these features in the readily available
Task Manager. If you only work with your own computer it wouldn't matter so
much. I suspect that's where a lot of the "what's so good about it?"
comments are coming from. After all, you can set up all these individual
shortcuts or third party apps, not to mention perfmon (performance
monitor)... on your own machine you'll never give a care if this crap is in
Task Manager or not.

But, on the other hand, you take a professional that may have to
troubleshoot hundreds of PCs, never knowing which one he'll be looking at
next, it is VERY CONVENIENT to have all this information instantly available
within the task manager. No need to find command line apps, no need to pull
out "perfmon", and set it up with services to monitor with trigger points
and what have you. No need to open a separate services window, no need to
load a third party utility that can monitor real true physical memory. It's
all at your fingertips, in one place, on each machine that you have to work
on. For the professional, I believe the new Task Manager is a very good
enhancement.

-Frank

Look under the Performance Tab. Physical memory graphs are new. Select
"Performance Monitor" button... all new stuff.

-Frank

I didn't consider the preformence monitor task manager.

No... it does not. But I'll have some of what you've been drinking.

-Frank

what's different ?



it's looks vertually the same as XP
Okay, sometimes I am a master of the obvious (too often, I guess).

But...

If you haven't already taken a look at the new Vista Task Manager...
do
it now. I love it! This is the first time I've been able to really
look
at it.

Especially check out the [Resource Monitor] button under the
Performance
Tab. Lots of very good stuff there!

My apologies to everyone who has already witnessed this new feature!

-Frank

 

[Ken Gardner]

You know, the reaction, in general, about my Task Manager post really
amazes me. Ninety-nine percent negative or condescending in one way or
another (ah... that was already there, uh... what changes?...lol, I never
use Task Manager anyway...).

Whatever! I like it!

Task Manager has long been my favorite Windows utility. Now with Vista, it
is my second favorite utility -- after the Resource Monitor. No single
tool give you more essential information about your computer's real time
performance. No tool gives you a quicker means of finding out what process
is causing CPU or memory problems. No tool gives you a better objective
means of measuring your real time performance, including whether you are
multitasking effectively to get the most out of your computer's CPU and
memory.

[...]

But, on the other hand, you take a professional that may have to
troubleshoot hundreds of PCs, never knowing which one he'll be looking at
next, it is VERY CONVENIENT to have all this information instantly
available within the task manager. No need to find command line apps, no
need to pull out "perfmon", and set it up with services to monitor with
trigger points and what have you. No need to open a separate services
window, no need to load a third party utility that can monitor real true
physical memory. It's all at your fingertips, in one place, on each
machine that you have to work on. For the professional, I believe the new
Task Manager is a very good enhancement.

This pretty much sums it up for me as well. The Performance Monitor is best
if you are monitoring someone else's computer. But for monitoring the real
time performance of your own computer, Task Manager (and now Resource
Monitor) is the best way to go.

Ken