If you have recently installed hardware, driver, software, or anything else on your computer, and the problem started after that, you can boot Windows in Safe Mode and check if the Startup tab is ...

I thought Task Manager showed everything, but it turns out it was only half the story.

Task Manager is the place where you can find all the programs, processes, startup apps, and services running on your system. It is where you can keep an eye on every activity going on your Windows PC.

The real cause of a sluggish PC is often unexpected.