Windows Task Scheduler is a powerful tool, but it can often be fraught with annoyances. It's notorious for failing to run ...

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A new feature of Windows Store apps, utilizing background tasks will not only help circumvent some challenges from the Windows Store app lifecycle, but they can keep your app responsive to what's ...

While using Windows 11/10 regularly, one can easily understand that the OS is a mixture of various background tasks and processes. To complete a huge number of background processes, Windows uses a ...

PC Tasks Optimizer from Smart PC Utilities is an effortless and efficient way to manage your core Windows Scheduled Tasks. Unlike other programs, Smart PC Utilities is devoid of all the jargon and ...

Normally when I write posts for this column, I like to focus my attention on Windows Server. This time, however, I want to take the opportunity to write about the Task View feature that is coming to ...

The most neglected feature of Windows since it landed in 1995, Task Manager has finally received some love in Windows 8. Here's what's new. David Gilson has always revelled in tech and started writing ...

Everyone knows that you're supposed to defragment your Windows hard drives regularly, right? A defragmented hard drive means quicker access times, less bugginess, and all-around healthier drives. Even ...

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Developing Windows Store apps is a change of pace for a lot of developers. Unless you've migrated from the Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 or Windows Phone 8 world, the sandboxed and controlled ...