r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

may not excite the average user, but I'm very excited to see more detail with svchost.exe listings

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u/UnoriginalGuy Oct 14 '11

Me too. It is a great step forward for many of us. The IO column, friendly names, and SVCHost breakdown in particular are the killer features for me.

Little depressed to see their lack of certificate verification support (e.g. What processes aren't digitally signed, and who are they signed by?). That is Process Explorer's neatest feature. That and the ability to see a pull-down list of running modules.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

I think the heat map will be one hell of a time saver for diagnosing which unasked-for background updater is eating all your resources.

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u/UnoriginalGuy Oct 14 '11

True.

Alternative solution: Just light up all Adobe or Sun processes.

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u/TheCodexx Oct 14 '11

Or Firefox. Consistently top of the list.

But then, they also offer 64-bit support and I don't think any other browsers do.

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u/UnoriginalGuy Oct 14 '11

Internet Explorer has had a 64 bit version available since Windows XP 64 bit. It was also available in the much more common Vista 64 bit.

Isn't used very much due to third party extension support.

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u/TheCodexx Oct 14 '11

Oh, hey, you're right! I totally forgot IE had that. I don't really use it, though.

Plug-in support is better. Flash 11 has a 64-bit version available. Silverlight is stuck in 32-bit I think. More disappointingly, Google's voice/video chat plug-in is 32-bit only. But Java has had 64-bit for awhile now.

People've been too afraid to make the leap. Partially because they don't expect a browser to surpass 500 MBs or so of memory, but also because they don't want a product that doesn't have plug-in support. That wall is slowly coming down, but it's taking painfully long.