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[-] muddybulldog@mylemmy.win 57 points 11 months ago

Somebody needs to find whoever was responsible for the original NT task manager and learn a thing or two. That thing was bulletproof. I had servers over the years that were so broken nothing else would run but you hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and tada!

[-] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago

David Plummer, he has a YouTube channel "Dave's garage" he has a couple of videos dedicated to Taskmanager and even a look at the source for his first version. That and other cool stuff on windows and other tech.

[-] ShunkW@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I love his channel. Very informative and entertaining.

[-] PlutoParty@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

One of his videos about task manager is one of those YouTube videos that just won't go away from being suggested for me.

[-] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah, me to, so I decided to finally watch it and decided his channel is pretty interesting. Sure he's pretty 'microsofty' (i.e. not seeing any faults in the company) but other than that he presents his topics well.

[-] muddybulldog@mylemmy.win 5 points 11 months ago

TIL... Thanks for the tip. I'm going to search some of that stuff out.

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[-] ytrav@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

for the love of god, for the past 27 years it's been ctrl-shift-esc (since like NT 4.0), while ctrl-alt-del opens up the security menu thing. I can't believe I'm saying this..

i thought programmers liked doing things faster

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[-] Speiser0@feddit.de 42 points 11 months ago

Steps to fix:

  • Shut down your pc.
  • Install a proper OS, i.e. a linux distribution.
  • Be happy.
[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, then you'll have 1000 other problems but not one with task manager. The best task manager in Linux is still htop because Linux doesn't like making GUIs that are reliable and functional. Last time I was using fedora, the mouse settings GUI wouldn't work and I had to set mouse speed in my bashrc.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

Real talk though, how long ago was that? Linux has been making improvements at a blistering pace. If it's been a while, I'd recommend giving it another try soon.

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

in 2021. In 2022 I tried again with Fedora and KDE but I have an Nvidia GPU and this was around the time they just switched the default to Wayland which resulted in the liveCD hanging forever. Didn't even get to install it again. I used to use Linux as a desktop from 2008 to 2014 but stopped because things just kept breaking on me and it was wasting my time. Eventually, my work switched to Windows, I switched to working at home and it didn't make sense to maintain a Linux desktop that every time I booted it up, something new was broken. I've been checking every year into Linux since.

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[-] Speiser0@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Does linux have guis at all? I mean it's just a kernel.

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

Linux is also a collection of distros. We don't call them GNU/Linux distros (because they don't have to be using GNU. Linux is just the broader term for the community and the distros the community uses. My point, clearly, is that the GUIs that are provided on the distros or in the repos, or by the community all are terrible. If you want to be pedantic further feel free but I'm not going to engage in a semantic war.

[-] danwardvs@sh.itjust.works 39 points 11 months ago

Install Linux

[-] catalyst4472@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

You can only install Linux at that point

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 28 points 11 months ago

There is a reason why the task manager was largely unchanged until windows 11.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

I dunno, the Win10 version seems pretty neutered compared to previous versions.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
[-] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Open up task manager manager

[-] JehovasThickness@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Wait, that's illegal

[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 11 months ago

Install Task Manager Manager

[-] iByteABit@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

What's the point of even "modernising" task manager?

Normies that would care about task manager being too ugly probably don't know it even exists.

There goes the last dependable program that Windows had to offer

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago

It happened a while ago too. Like windows 8 I think. Old task manager popped up no matter how laggy your computer was. It has some sort of highest priority and didn't depend on much. Making it reliable. Since 8, this changed. Any changes since have been add-ons and reskins. I like how it shows things like gpu now but at what cost.

[-] odium@programming.dev 20 points 11 months ago
[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

You have no tasks, there's nothing to manage. I'd say you're done for the day.

[-] dxc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Run new task? More like run away.

[-] sefikkaan@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Same feeling of an extinguisher catching fire

[-] lawrence@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Where is your god now?

[-] durtuha@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago
[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Okay, I don't think Gentoo is the best OS for beginners

But

I think people new to computers (yes, I mean kids) should be handed a computer booted off a gentoo image with the handbook and wiki.

[-] EpicFailGuy@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

@dave

nothing to do here but go complain to the original developer

https://twitter.com/davepl1968

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[-] simonced@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago

wait a little bit, electron is still loading...

[-] PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Start > Run > taskkill /F /IM:taskmgr.exe

[-] 42Firehawk@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 11 months ago

Power supply.... You're next option is to remove the power supply from the computer.... With a chainsaw.

I may be taking slightly drastic action.

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[-] kogasa@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

There is a developer setting that enables "kill task" in the task bar right-click menu. I recommend enabling it. I believe this is new since I just found out about it. It may only be in Windows Insider Dev Channel and/or Windows 11 Enterprise version, I'm not sure.

[-] Mikina@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[-] style99@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Time for good ol' Ctrl-Alt-Del...

Er... I mean, time to hit the good ol' reboot button.

[-] JeanEliel@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

🤣 this makes me laugh. Who watches the Watchmen?

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

It took me some time to realize this was windows 11

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