Windows 7 includes a new feature called Taskbar Meters that can help you monitor CPU, memory, and disk IO. Here’s how to use them:

  1. Open the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc or by right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting “Task Manager.”
  2. In the Task Manager, select the process or application that you want to monitor. For example, if you want to monitor CPU usage, select the “Processes” tab and then select the “CPU” column.
  3. To view memory usage, select the “Memory” tab and then select the “Swap File Size” column. To view disk IO usage, select the “Disk I/O” tab and then select the “File System Volume Information” column.
  4. To stop monitoring a process or application, click on its name in the list of processes in the Task Manager window and then click on “End Process.” ..

Taskbar Meters

These handy monitors show up in your Taskbar and show the amount of resources being used. There are three meters for CPU utilization, Memory usage, and Disk IO.

You can configure the Update frequency and percentage of Red and Yellow states for each monitor. The CPU Meter shows the amount of processing power your computing tasks are taking up.

 

Memory Meter shows the amount of memory that is being used by the apps you’re running.

Disk I/O Meter measures the transfer of data from your hard drive to and from applications.

Right-click on a meter to get fast access to Task Manager and Resource Monitor. That allows you to get more detail on what’s taking up so many resources, and let’s kill the task or process.

Taskbar Meters are simple to use and don’t require installation, so you can carry them around on your flash drive to monitor different computers. The meters come in a zipped file and you can run them individually or together. They worked successfully on 32 & 64-bit versions of Windows 7. If you need a quick and easy way to keep track of these three vital system components, Task Meters will work great.

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