Last week I finally upgraded my desktop to windows 8.1. Since that time I have noticed that Explorer.exe will often just ramp up to 25-30% cpu utilization and just stay there. It never goes back down.

In simple terms, CPU utilization is the current percentage of CPU resources consumed by all programs. If you notice that some programs are using more of your CPU cores and hogging system resources, ...

System Information The main Process Explorer window includes small real-time graphs showing CPU, memory, and I/O usage. You can click any one of them to widen it, but for a serious dose of system ...

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I have windows XP. I was downloading a divx movie and it was partially done and I used divFix to re-index it, but it didnt work. No matter what I do, I cannot delete the partially avi file that it ...

Windows only: Process Explorer, our preferred Task Manager replacement, has updated with a host of new features and improvements. What you'll most notice is a new column that can provide aggregate CPU ...

I am a huge fan of Process Explorer, a free Windows program from Mark Russinovich of Microsoft. It exposes a ton of technical information about what a Windows computer is doing behind the scenes, and ...

Windows only: Free, portable system utility Auslogics Task Manager helps you troubleshoot a PC by tracking CPU, disk, memory, and internet usage for every process on your system. Auslogics Task ...

If run a CPU usage graph on your PC, you may be surprised to see spikes in usage even when you're not running any programs. In all likelihood it shouldn't be a real concern because your computer may ...