task management

I find it an extreme annoyance. I would like to find a file manager that "virtually" strips out the entire roster of about 30+ redundant and unnecessary folders, and simply leaves a minimalist file tree. I can create three or four sub-directories for my particular tasks without the insane...

Ever since I upgraded my HDD to a SSD I have been suffering hung process's that refuse to end. I have tried cmd prompt which says the process is not running but it shows in task manager. I've tried process explorer & that does nothing & the only way I can get the process to end so I can re...

Actually, I only now realized, after some googling, that modern apps are suspended when you move away from them and do not run in the background. I use the modern apps so rarely that I haven't paid attention to their behavior. Two questions, or maybe a comment and a question: 1. That...

I have an issue, i have just started a Windows 7 Migration Project and i was originally brought in to do GPO, now i have bene asked to do something else and i am a little stuck. Basically we still run Windows XP on most of our machines but will start migrating over to 7 soon. We run a batch...

When I right-click on a JPG file then select Properties/Details and hover the cursor over the right half of the Comments row the expanded comments won't display for longer than 5 seconds. I've already tried increasing the Control Panel/Ease of Access Center/Make it easier to focus on...

I am having BSOD mainly after sleep/hibernation. But the problem started to occur more frequently and yesterday it happened when I was using my compuer. At the begining I came in the morning to wake my PC and would find that it is already on (without any bsod message). But my applications were...

I am accessing a remote computer through regular remote desktop. I have admin rights and all that good stuff and can schedule tasks. The problem that I'm having is when I select the option to "Run whether user is logged on or not" it does not work. It shows in the status as "Running". Even if I...

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Link Removed How did they expect people to drag and drop a new folder without adding it to an existing one? No one can tell me they weren't going out of their way to make this as bad as possible. "List" is the only view that doesn't have these god damn rectangles, but then it's just one big...

Hello, I just bought a new computer and it crashes every time i do multiple tasks or play a game. Here's my spec Intel Core I5 2320 3.0GHz LGA1155 BOX (BX80623I52320) Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 OC 2GB 11200-14-20G SSD OCZ Agility4 Series 128GB SATA3 2.5'' (AGT4-25SAT3-128G) 128 GB XFX Core...

Occasionally, I run into a process that won't die, even though the associated app has been closed, and even using the Task Manager"s "End Process" or "End Process Tree" fails to effect the process. That only way I've found to kill it is by rebooting, but of course, that is often very...

Hi everybody ::- ). One thing which has me perpetually angry at the ALT+TAB application selection window in Windows 7, is that after a time (about 1 second) it hides the window I triggered it from, replacing it with the window of the currently selected application. So let's say I'm typing...

Is there any software out there that allows me (and my colleagues) to assign tasks to each other and also allows our managers to keep track of our progress. Outlook can happily assign tasks and keep track but there's no way of the managers seeing what tasks we all currently have assigned and...

I read, all over the web, comments regarding the dislike for the forthcoming Windows 8, and in particular, and in fact almost exclusively, criticism of the (as it was called) Metro. I was urged to print my own thoughts on the subject, and I published an article which I have repeated here, in...

I know I have a paper I wrote in here somewhere called "Best Practises" w/ heaps of good stuff to follow. Just thought I mention/remind that there are 3 basic things do to, @ least daily, that are suggested as minimum household chores: 1. Internet Options - Delete & Delete 2. CCleaner 3...

Just out of curiosity, how much RAM would the average person be able to utilize. Basically how much RAM does the average intensive task/program utilize? (not server based)

Here is a quick, easy way to have ALL APPS in a Desktop window; no flipping screens from Desktop. List s ALL APPS, even if not being displayed on Start. Result is a Desktop icon, tagged explorer.exe I changed the name to APPs (As you like) Rt Clk > Properties > Change Icon (I pick image...

My VB6.0 application process does not Exit under Windows 7 but it exits properly on Win XP. After exiting the application process VB6 Exe remains running in Task Manager. So every time I need to manually end that process. Any way to release all resources held by VB6.0 Exe & VC++ Dlls on Win 7...

I am seeing a utility that will let me enter the command that I use in XP and then tell me what the corresponding comand or sequence of comands are in Windows 7. What I am finding is I am spending many hours locating the correct set of sequences to do something which is very straightforward in...

Hello. I have a question. I have a Shared Folder on my Network. And, it has 2 subfolders. 1 is for reading things only. Which works as I want! However, the other folder, which is supposed to allow users to drop things in it, won't allow the dropping of files in. I don't understand! What am I...