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title: "Windows 8 Task Manager"  
description: "In this blog I’m trying to elaborate the new task manager in Windows 8.  The Windows 8 improved the Task Manager over the previous versions of windows"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-01-29  
updated: 2014-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/435/windows-8-task-manager  
category: "windows 8"  
tags: ["windows 8"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Windows 8 Task Manager

In this blog I’m trying to elaborate the new task [manager](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13000/perks-of-implementing-a-quotation-manager) in [Windows](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311752/how-to-install-and-use-the-google-wifi-software-on-a-windows-or-mac-computer) 8.\

The Windows 8 [improved](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2569/improved-bot-detection-technology-is-now-available-on-youtube-alerting-users-about-spam-comments) the Task Manager over the [previous versions](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157962/what-is-bootstrap-5-and-how-does-it-differ-from-previous-versions-of-bootstrap) of windows. The some changes of the windows 8 task manager it is showing the total percent usage at the top of the your processes, which is decide to total memory and CPU usage, improved the Performance graph, App history tab instead of [Application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android) tab that gives you the total [resources](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/293/renovation-causes-wastage-of-resources) an app has used over a period of times, and in windows 8 add a new tab in the task manager [Startup](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167716/6-reasons-why-you-should-lawyer-up-your-startup) this tab to see startup processes and their efficacy to [system performance](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157853/what-is-system-performance-analysis-how-is-it-used-in-system-software), and now in windows 8 update the shortcut key to open task manager (ctrl+shift+Esc).

![Windows 8 Task Manager](https://www.mindstick.com/blogs/f9be4d40-ad03-4a94-bca7-1dc9080b9495/images/712a8b73-284b-4812-a5dd-eff1baa0d403.png)

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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/435/windows-8-task-manager

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