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3.3.

12 Lab - Windows Task Manager

This lab has been updated for use on NETLAB+.


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Objectives
In this lab, you will explore Task Manager and manage processes from within Task Manager.
Part 1: Working in the Processes tab
Part 2: Working in the Services tab
Part 3: Working in the Performance tab

Background / Scenario
The Task Manager is a system monitor program that provides information about the processes and programs
running on a computer. It also allows the termination of processes and programs and modification of process
priority.

Instructions

Part 1: Working in the Processes tab


a. the WinClient machine. Unlock the machine by clicking on the drop-down arrow for that specific
machine’s tab and select Send Ctrl+Alt+Del.
b. Login as the Cyberopsuser using cyberops as the password.
c. Open a command prompt and the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
d. Right-click the Task bar to open Task Manager. Another way to open the Task Manager is to press Ctrl-
Alt-Delete to access the Windows Security screen and select Task Manager.
Note: When trying to send Ctrl+Alt+Del in NETLAB+, click the drop-down menu option for the virtual
machine’s tab and select Send Ctrl+Alt+Del.
e. If not selected, click More details to see all the processes that are listed in the Processes tab.

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f. Expand the Windows Command Processor heading.


Question:

What is listed under this heading?


Type your answers here.

g. There are three categories of processes listed in the Processes tab: Apps, Background processes, and
Windows processes.
o The Apps are the applications that you have opened, such as Microsoft Edge, Task Manager, and
Windows Command Processor, as shown in the figure above. Other applications that are opened by
the users, such as web browsers and email clients, will also be listed here.
o The Background processes are executed in the background by applications that are currently open.
o The Windows processes are not shown in the figure. Scroll down to view them on your Windows PC.
Windows processes are Microsoft Windows services that run in the background.

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Some of the background processes or Windows processes may be associated with foreground
processes. For example, if you open a command prompt window, the Console Window Host process will
be started in the Windows process section, as shown below.

h. Right-click Console Window Host and select Properties.


Question:

What is the location of this filename and location of this process?


Type your answers here.

i. Close the command prompt window.


Question:

What happens to Windows Command Processor and Console Window Host when the command prompt
window is closed?
Type your answers here.

j. Click the Memory heading. Click the Memory heading a second time.

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Question:

What effect does this have on the columns?


Type your answers here.

k. Right-click on the Memory heading, and then select Resource values > Memory > Percents.

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Questions:

What affect does this have on the Memory column?


Type your answers here.

How could this be useful?


Type your answers here.

l. In the Task Manager, click the Name heading.

m. Expand the Firefox entry and double-click the Mozilla Firefox Start Page entry.
Question:

What happens?
Type your answers here.

n. Return to Task Manager. Right-click Firefox and select End task.


Question:

What happens to the web browser windows?


Type your answers here.

Part 2: Working in the Services tab


In the Task Manager window, click the Services tab. Use the scroll bar on the right side of the Services
window to view all the services listed.

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Question:

What statuses are listed?


Type your answers here.

Part 3: Working in the Performance tab


a. In the Task Manager window, click the Performance tab.

b.
Questions:

How many threads are running?


Type your answers here.

How many processes are running?


Type your answers here.

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c. Click the Memory in the left panel of the Performance tab.

Question:

What is the total physical memory (MB)?


Type your answers here.

What is the available physical memory (MB)?


Type your answers here.

How much physical memory (MB) is being used by the computer?


Type your answers here.

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d. Click the Ethernet Chart in the left panel of the Performance tab.

Questions:

What is the link speed?


Type your answers here.

What is the IPv4 address of the PC?


Type your answers here.

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e. Click Open Resource Monitor to open the Resource Monitor utility from the Performance tab in Task
Manager. Review the information that is made available in the Resource Monitor and compare it to the
Task Manager.

Reflection Question
Why is it important for an administrator to understand how to work within the Task Manager?
Type your answers here.

End of document

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