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Task Manager

Go to the Performance tab. You will see two performance monitors. The top monitor shows how hard your processor (CPU) is working. Look at the far right side of the display. Do you see how the CPU maxed out at 100% when Microsoft Outlook was opened? After Outlook opened, the CPU dropped back down to idle.

 

When a program is unresponsive, the CPU may get stuck at 99%.

 

In this sample, the Memory looks like it is maxed out all of the time. It doesn't rise and fall like the CPU usage.