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  • WaterWaiver@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I always had a feeling that going to the process and using “End Process” was more effective than using “End Task” on the task list. Maybe this was a placebo?

    I have so many memories of my old 98, ME and XP systems slowing to a crawl and struggling with simple things. I recently tried a beta version of Longhorn (Vista) in a VM and its weird lockups crashes gave me curious quantities of nostalgia. A sudden cold chill as I realise this is not my computer any more, it’s the machine’s.

    • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I always enjoyed the “End process tree” button, myself.

      I do think, task manager has lost a bit of its original effectiveness though. Back in say, the XP days, it would literally kill any process, without hesitation.

      These days, its not nearly as effective.