When you click the CPU tab you are presented with information separated into four sub-categories: Processes, Services, Associated Handles, and Associated Modules. This is when you click on the other four tabs across the top of the Resource Monitor screen. Once you have an overview of how your system is performing in these key areas, you may want to delve into the details of one or more of the key areas. You can also sort by a displayed column by left-clicking on that column's header. Note that for each of the four categories, you can customize the display somewhat by right-clicking on a column header and selecting which columns you want displayed and which columns you want hidden. The Memory category shows how much physical memory is in use and provides information about how many 'hard faults' (i.e., paging to disk) are occurring. The Network category provides information about the amount of sent and received network I/O packets that are going through your system. The Disk category is meant to give you an idea of the activity occurring on your hard drive and what images are responsible for this activity. Clicking a CPU image also filters the remaining resources (Disk, Network, and Memory) so that they're focused only on the selected image(s). If you click one or more boxes on the left under the CPU category, you'll add a separate line to the CPU graph for the lines you selected (assuming their CPU usage is significant). On the right are four real-time graphs that indicate how much of each resource (CPU, Disk, Network, and Memory) are being utilized over time. This is the Overview tab it provides quite a bit of information. Note the five tabs at the top of the screen. The resource monitor provides quite a bit of information about the CPU, disks, network, and memory in your system. You can then move the Task Manager window out of the way or even close it. To start the Resource Monitor, click the Resource Monitor button at the bottom of the screen. Setting up Task Manager to use the Resource Monitor. To use Resource Monitor, right-click on an empty area of the taskbar and choose Start Task Manager from the resulting Context menu. It's a nice utility to help you keep an eye on your computer's health, and it helps in diagnosing certain performance problems. Resource Monitor is a part of Task Manager and allows you to see information about critical systems of your PC.

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