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OAITW r.2.0

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8. Right click on the task bar and select Task Manager. Click on processes tag.

Reply to Kali (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 05:31 PM

Jun 2020

Click on CPU and/or Memory - this will sort the apps from hi/lo or lo/hi to see which apps are hogging the resources. Right now my Opera browser is feeding on 692MB of memory.

If I right click on the Opera app and select "End Task", this will shut down the app immediately.

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Did Facebook just highjack my computer? [View all] Kali Jun 2020 OP

Delete your Facebook account and see if that helps. ZZenith Jun 2020 #1

no shit, huh? Kali Jun 2020 #4

My advice might have sounded flippant but wasn't meant to be. ZZenith Jun 2020 #7

Check to see if you computer can handle the upgrade to win 10. mikeysnot Jun 2020 #2

I have a laptop with 10 Kali Jun 2020 #5

Check the link out, if you desktop mikeysnot Jul 2020 #13

I meant that I just havent made the mental change Kali Jul 2020 #14

Try shutting down running programs using task manager sobenji Jun 2020 #3

you mean if it happens again? Kali Jun 2020 #6

Right click on the task bar and select Task Manager. Click on processes tag. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2020 #8

when I look Kali Jun 2020 #9

That's normal for Firefox. Foolacious Jun 2020 #10

I once joined facebook. Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #11

I have an account, use it to see a few friends. Maybe twice per year. LuckyLib Jul 2020 #15

This was several years ago. Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #16

TBH, this was the initial reason I refused to get a FB account JDC Jun 2020 #12

A resource hog LeftInTX Jul 2020 #17