- Windows 11 is receiving a change to avoid confusion about different reports of CPU use levels in the task administrator
- This is only in the tests, but it should be launching Windows 11 24h2 and 23h2 soon
- A blocking screen function to give Windows 11 users the ability to choose widgets is also incoming
Windows 11 has a new previous version that plays with Task Manager to make sure that it properly shows consistent figures for the breakdown of the use of the processor in its various menus.
This preview is Build 26120.3360 that has reached the development and beta channels for Windows 11 evaluators, and also has a new useful feature for the lock screen (which I will return later).
But first, that movement for Task Manager, which is a central part of Windows 11 that can be convened to perform all kinds of functions related to the application. That includes managing what applications they start automatically when the PC starts, but one of its main uses is to see how the resources of its system are used. (If you want to know more, we have an in -depth explanator in the task administrator).
In general, you can invoke the task administrator when your PC is really running and operating very slowly, so that you can see which application (or applications) consumes a lot of CPU, memory or perhaps driving resources. (A practical shortcut to start the task manager is to hold Ctrl + Shift + Escape Together, by the way).
Now, it is possible that you have not even noticed this, but the task administrator is not consisting of the way it shows the percentage of the CPU used in its various tabs. Those are the processes and performance tabs (and also the user panel), which can show different readings.
As Windows Last points out, which saw this, he points out, while the processes tab could be informing 9%CPU use, the performance panel could say 14%, and that could be confusing, which leads the user to believe that Windows 11 is being inaccurate in some way here.
In fact, this is not a mistake, but it is a problem with consistency. The processes tab uses a slightly different way to calculate the percentage of CPU, which has now changed.
In the blog post for the new preview, Microsoft informs us: “We are beginning to implement a change in the way in which the task administrator calculates the use of the CPU for the processes, performance and pages of the users. Task Manager will now use the standard metrics to show the workload of the CPU in a consistent way in all pages and align with the standards of the industry and the tools of third parties. “
It is good to see that this wrinkles is resolved, since it may have caused some confusion when some different percentages of use of the CPU through the task manager were reported. With this implemented, you will see the same percentage throughout the task administrator, any metric you are seeing.
While this change is still in the tests, according to Windows Last, it is expected to reach the launch version of Windows 11 soon. In fact, the technological site states that we should see this refinement for the task administrator in a few weeks both in Windows 11 24H2 and in 23h2.
If you prefer the ancient way of working, you can change it through an option in the task administrator details tab. (The different measure currently used in the process panel is called ‘CPU utility’ and can be rehabilitated, if you wish).
In another part of this preview construction, there is another useful adjustment, but this is a double -edged sword, mainly because it is only happening in Europe (at least for now).
The movement in question is with the widgets of the lock screen and is the introduction of such scandalized ability to choose which widgets are shown (instead of having them all, or none of them). Unfortunately, that blanket rule on or deactivated will remain for all those outside the European economic area (EEE), but the best news is that the complete customization of the widgets of the blockade screen will eventually be launched to the United States and other regions.
Even so, we have been waiting for too much time for this particular change to reach Windows 11, frankly, although as always, better late than ever.
