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A bizarre bug in the latest Windows 11 update allows endless copies of Task Manager to run in the background and can even impact system performance

As peculiar Windows bugs go, this one is a doozy. It seems Task Manager in the latest October update for Windows 11 (update KB5067036, which is both currently and mercifully optional) is determined to ...
Ars Technica

Closing Windows 11’s Task Manager accidentally opens up more copies of Task Manager

One reason to use the Task Manager in Windows is to see if any of the apps running on your computer are misbehaving or using a disproportionate amount of resources. But what do you do when the ...
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Windows Task Manager is fine, but this is the tool I actually use

Windows Task Manager has come a long way. It now conforms to the Windows 11 UI standards, supports theming, and has better visualization and process control. Whenever a process acts up, or I see some ...
ZDNet

Windows 11 users hit with bizarre Task Manager duplication bug - here's how to avoid it

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Odessa American

IT’S GEEK TO ME: Browser processes: What are they and why are there so many?

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: The list of processes in my Task Manager shows “Microsoft Edge (48)” and “Google Chrome (42)” immediately ...
PC World

Microsoft fixes Windows 11 bug that kept Task Manager open

Task Manager is one of the essential tools of Windows, an easy, always-available look at what software is running (or not). But most users don’t have it open constantly and even those who do probably ...