In Windows, a great deal remains hidden beneath the surface. As soon as it starts up, the operating system launches several ...

MacFixIt reader "Martin V." writes in to alert us about an ongoing issue with his MacBook Air. The process 'kernel_task' uses an inordinate amount of system resources causing his system to run ...

Microsoft is testing a new diagnostic tool in Windows 11 that lets you create live kernel memory dumps without disrupting the operation of Windows. A live kernel dump is a snapshot of the kernel's ...

The Task Manager often comes in handy when a program on Widows stops responding. With its latest Dev build 25188, it looks like Microsoft is making it even better with an option for live kernel dumps.

I've noticed that as I leave the system on longer, kernel_task uses more and more memory, CPU Usage doesn't really go up but right now its consuming about 86 megs of real memory on a 1gig of ram ...

I've been using two external monitors on this MBP (plus the built-in display) for 6 months now, and this problem just cropped up this week, despite no recent OS updates* (obviously, since I'm still ...

Windows 11 is far from perfect, but it does make Task Manager significantly better. It's modern, has a search bar, and easy-to-understand graphs. But what are some of the lesser-known features of the ...