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Practice 3A - Windows Task Management

The document provides instructions for managing tasks on Windows using Task Manager, detailing how to open it, navigate through its tabs, and perform various actions such as switching applications, creating new tasks, and managing process priorities. It includes specific tasks to complete, such as logging in as an administrator, checking performance metrics, and manipulating user and process information. Additionally, it prompts users to take screenshots and answer questions related to their actions within Task Manager.

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Practice 3A - Windows Task Management

The document provides instructions for managing tasks on Windows using Task Manager, detailing how to open it, navigate through its tabs, and perform various actions such as switching applications, creating new tasks, and managing process priorities. It includes specific tasks to complete, such as logging in as an administrator, checking performance metrics, and manipulating user and process information. Additionally, it prompts users to take screenshots and answer questions related to their actions within Task Manager.

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PRACTICE 8:
Tasks Management on Windows
Task Manager, previously known as Windows Task Manager, is a task manager,
system monitor, and startup manager included with Microsoft Windows systems.
It provides limited information about computer performance and running
applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information,
network activity and statistics, logged-in users, and system services. The Task
Manager can also be used to set process priorities, processor affinity and
terminate processes.

The program can be started in recent versions of Windows by pressing ⊞ Win + R


and then typing in taskmgr.exe, by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete and clicking Start
Task Manager, or by pressing Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Esc .

You can get more info in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Manager_(Windows)

Perform the actions bellow and take screenshots. You should also answer the
questions and write the answer in the document.

1. Log on into Windows as Administrator

• Open both Firefox Web browsers and Windows File Explorer.

• To open Task Manager, right-click the taskbar, and then click Task
Manager. You can also open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift +
Esc.

• Click the App history tab

• Select Firefox or other app showed and right-click Switch to

• What happened?

It opened the app

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• What happened to the Windows Task Manager?

It came to the background

• Open the Task Manager by clicking Ctrl-Alt-Delete

• Click the Processes tab.

• Click File->New Task and a new task window will be opened.

• Type “notepad”, and then press Enter or click OK.

• What happen?

Notepad opened

• Return to the Windows Task Manager.

• Select Notepad into the Processes tab. Notice that processes can be
order by several fields. Righ-click “End Task” or press “End Task” right
bottom button.

• What happen?

Notepad closed

• Finish the explorer.exe process, look at the desktop.

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• What happen?

The desktop became black and the task bar disapeared

• Create a new task by clicking File->New Task. Type “Explorer”, and then
click OK.

2. Click on the "Performance" tab.

• How many threads are in execution?

• How many processes are in execution?

• What is the amount of total physical memory (KB)?

• What is the amount of physical memory available (KB)?

• How much physical memory (KB) is the system using?

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• How many network devices does the machine have? Look the read/write
speed and the IP configuration of each one.

3. Click on the "Users" tab.

• List all users and their statuses.

• What actions can you take with the user?

4. Click on the "Processes" tab.

• Click on “Fewer details”

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• Now, Windows Task Manager is working in compact mode.

• Double-clicking on an App

• What happened?

Nothing

• Click on “More details”

• Click on “Name” column, then on “CPU” column and finally on “Memory”


column.

• • What effect does this have on columns?

They sort the data of the clicked columns

5. Open Firefox Web Browser.

• Go back to the Windows Task Manager

• Click on Detail tab

• Click on “Name “to have the list appear in alphabetical order and select
firefox.exe

• Right-click firefox.exe -> Set Priority

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• What is the browser's default priority?

Normal

• Set the priority to Higher than normal

• Click the "Change Priority" button in the Task Manager warning window

6. Expand the width of the Windows Task Manager window.

• Click on Detail tab

• Right-click over the “Name” column, then click on “Select Columns”

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• Mark “Base Priority” and click OK.

• Click on Primary Base

• What process name has a base priority Not available?

• Look for a process with a base priority above the “normal” one.

7. Reset “firefox.exe” priority to “Normal”

• Unset Base Priority column

• Close Firefox

• Does Firefox appear on the detailed list as a process?

No because it is closed

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