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g Flashcards The Task Manager u lity (taskmgr) allows the user to shut down
processes that are not responding. An ordinary user can end
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unresponsive applica ons, but administra ve rights are required to end
processes that were started by the system rather than the signed in user. Low

This protects the system as things like malware cannot disable an -virus
so ware. In addi on to this func onality, Task Manager can be used to Con nue 
monitor the PC's key resources.
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There are various ways to run Task Manager, including pressing
Process and Service Management
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, right-clicking the taskbar, or right-clicking the Start
bu on (START+X).

Using Task Manger to end a process. Screenshot used with permission from Microso .

Termina ng a process like this (rather than using the

applica on's Close or Exit func on) is o en called
"killing" the process. The command line op on for
doing this in Windows is indeed called taskkill.
Always try to close or end a task normally before
a emp ng to "kill" it.

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