Some of Microsoft's most satisfying Windows utilities came from the '90s—and they're still useful today.

Microsoft's PC Manager is supposed to make your Windows PC run like new again. So I put it to the test. Sometimes Windows feels like a large pile of stuff that just keeps getting bigger and bulkier.

In Windows, a great deal remains hidden beneath the surface. As soon as it starts up, the operating system launches several applications, initializes drivers, and checks for new software updates. Many ...

In a nutshell: David W. Plummer is the original developer of Task Manager, one of Windows' most popular built-in tools for monitoring and managing system resources. Now, the programmer wants to ...

Use the Task Manager for quick RAM checks and the Resource Monitor for a detailed analysis to find out which applications are using the most memory. Adjust application priorities in Task Manager, use ...