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I am using my laptop that has Windows 10 on it and the task manager is not working. When I open task manager it opens but does not respond.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, allusive said:

Have you updated windows recently? That's typically the issue for task manager not responding.

It has not been working for a while so I don't think updates are the problem.

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  • ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME, Intel Z390 Chipset, LGA 1151, HDMI, E-ATX Motherboard
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21 minutes ago, allusive said:

Maybe you have a corrupted system file, try entering command prompt in administrator and type "sfc /scannow".

Results of the scan

 

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Still need help, thanks

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that's because your cpu is at 100%... i would say shut the laptop off fully then start windows up again,  don't open any programs*,  open taskmanager and wait ~10 minutes max to see if cpu usage goes down. typically it should take about 2 minutes for that to happen. 

 

 

*That includes "Dragon (32bit)" whatever that is make sure it's not running...!

 

 

Also can you get in your startup tab? it looks to me that that's where the issue is... either way, many computers at 100% cpu are very slow to respond so ultimately i think that's your issue. 

 

(yeah, mine is responding just fine at 100%... dunno why tbh... 

Spoiler

the power of the cell ryzen, probably! 

but my laptop... nope... but only for 1-2 minutes on startup...)

The direction tells you... the direction

-Scott Manley, 2021

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

that's because your cpu is at 100%

I don't think the cpu is actually at 100% percent everything works fine except task manager.

 

13 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Also can you get in your startup tab?

No, I can't because task manager is not working

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  • View 91 Tempered Glass RGB Edition, No PSU, XL-ATX, Black, Full Tower Case
  • ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME, Intel Z390 Chipset, LGA 1151, HDMI, E-ATX Motherboard
  • Core™ i9-9900K 8-Core 3.6 - 5.0GHz Turbo, LGA 1151, 95W TDP, Processor
  • GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti OC ROG-STRIX-RTX2080TI-O11G-GAMING, 1350 - 1665MHz, 11GB GDDR6, Graphics Card
  • ROG RYUJIN 360, 360mm Radiator, Liquid Cooling System
  • 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) Trident Z DDR4 3200MHz, CL14, Silver-Red DIMM Memory
  • AX1600i Digital, 80 PLUS Titanium 1600W, Fanless Mode, Fully Modular, ATX Power Supply
  • Formula 7, 4g, 8.3 (W/m-K), Nano Diamond, Thermal Compound
  • On AIO cooler 6 x NF-F12 IPPC 3000 PWM 120x120x25mm 4Pin Fibre-glass SSO2 Heptaperf Retail
  • 6 x NF-A14 IPPC-3000 PWM 140mm, 3000 RPM, 158.5 CFM, 41.3 dBA, Cooling Fan
  • 1TB 970 PRO 2280, 3500 / 2700 MB/s, V-NAND 2-bit MLC, PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe, M.2 SSD
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I decided to try task manager again, and it is now randomly working.

 

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  • View 91 Tempered Glass RGB Edition, No PSU, XL-ATX, Black, Full Tower Case
  • ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME, Intel Z390 Chipset, LGA 1151, HDMI, E-ATX Motherboard
  • Core™ i9-9900K 8-Core 3.6 - 5.0GHz Turbo, LGA 1151, 95W TDP, Processor
  • GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti OC ROG-STRIX-RTX2080TI-O11G-GAMING, 1350 - 1665MHz, 11GB GDDR6, Graphics Card
  • ROG RYUJIN 360, 360mm Radiator, Liquid Cooling System
  • 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) Trident Z DDR4 3200MHz, CL14, Silver-Red DIMM Memory
  • AX1600i Digital, 80 PLUS Titanium 1600W, Fanless Mode, Fully Modular, ATX Power Supply
  • Formula 7, 4g, 8.3 (W/m-K), Nano Diamond, Thermal Compound
  • On AIO cooler 6 x NF-F12 IPPC 3000 PWM 120x120x25mm 4Pin Fibre-glass SSO2 Heptaperf Retail
  • 6 x NF-A14 IPPC-3000 PWM 140mm, 3000 RPM, 158.5 CFM, 41.3 dBA, Cooling Fan
  • 1TB 970 PRO 2280, 3500 / 2700 MB/s, V-NAND 2-bit MLC, PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe, M.2 SSD
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 
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jc... so much for that, eh?

2 hours ago, Thomas001 said:

don't think the cpu is actually at 100% percent everything works fine except task manager.

notice how its suddenly not at 100% anymore? 

 

you have way too many programs running in the background,  plus some really questionable ones...

The direction tells you... the direction

-Scott Manley, 2021

 

 

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