10th November 2000
Coming from the "Memory Management Muscle" department, Lockergnomaster Alex Gray stumbles upon a secret shortcut for Windows 2000 users. Without a doubt, the most useful utility in W2k is the Task Manager. It's only a right-click away from your Taskbar, but the keyboard can coax it to the top just as quickly. Hit CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and you'll find yourself floating in front of the familiar tool. So it's there... now what? In the Process tab's 'View' menu, click 'Select Columns' and configure to your heart's content. My suggestion? 'Peak Memory Usage' and 'Virtual Memory Size' will tell an average user more than s/he ever wanted to know. You may also wish to increase, decrease, or pause the update speed in the 'View' menu, too. For impatient people like myself, 'High' works just fine. NOTE: Windows 9x users will find their Task Manager (TASKMAN.EXE) useful, albeit limited in features.