Solved Are there things you should not do while Task Manager is open?

[Efdy]

Is there anything you should not do on your computer in Windows 7 while Task Manager is open?

Thank you for reading this.

 

[TheDeerDude]

As far as I know.. no, it's just like having calculator or notepad open. Task manager won't interrupt or affect anything, unless you tell it to. You can leave it open and running in the background and do all sorts of stuff, I kept mine open while playing a game that would crash but not close - to use it to close the game when it crashed.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Efdy,

You can leave it open and running in the background and do all sorts of stuff, I kept mine open while playing a game that would crash but not close - to use it to close the game when it crashed.

I agree with TheDeerDude.

Whenever I reboot my system (which isn't very often) the first thing I do is to open Task Manager, for the exact same reasons.

It was like the other day, I was searching for something and all of a sudden got a virus alert from a website saying that my computer had been locked etc etc etc, you know how the rest goes. All I had to do was to maximize Task Manager and end the process.

I hope this helps!

 

[Alejandro85]

It's just a monitoring program with some capabilities to affect running processes (only when you explicitly tell it to), but otherwise it's just yet another program. Leaving it open all the day long hurts in exactly nothing and it won't affect anything.

I personally close it after using it if I need to, out of compulsively wanting a clean task bar, but there is no technical reason to do so really.

 

[Efdy]

Thank you all for taking time to make replies. Can you even have Task Manager open while installing a new program? If not, what about while installing updates for an installed program? I guess a lot of that, updates installing, may be happening when I don't even know it anyway. I don't mean to be tedious, or whatever. I would just like to make sure about this part of things. Thanks again. I appreciate it.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Efdy,

Can you even have Task Manager open while installing a new program?
If not, what about while installing updates for an installed program?

Having Task Manager open will NOT affect anything when installing Programs (Updates for installed Programs), Software or Windows Updates.

I hope this helps!

 

[Efdy]

I understand. Thank you again for helping me.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Efdy,

I understand. Thank you again for helping me.

You are most welcome.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

[Alejandro85]

To complement the previous answer, I would add that "installing" or even "updating" isn't a special privileged procedure or something to be held in a throne. All that an installer do is to copy files to a designed location, maybe add some registry entries and place an initial configuration, that's all. It's no different from running notepad in most senses.
It's the very same thing when updating something.

I guess a lot of that, updates installing, may be happening when I don't even know it anyway.

If that happens in a computer of yours, you have a very serious security problem in your hands. Never let unwanted things happen in your system, and make sure you can track everything you automated.

 

[Efdy]

To complement the previous answer, I would add that "installing" or even "updating" isn't a special privileged procedure or something to be held in a throne. All that an installer do is to copy files to a designed location, maybe add some registry entries and place an initial configuration, that's all. It's no different from running notepad in most senses.
It's the very same thing when updating something.

Okay. Thank you for this further explanation.

I guess a lot of that, updates installing, may be happening when I don't even know it anyway.

If that happens in a computer of yours, you have a very serious security problem in your hands. Never let unwanted things happen in your system, and make sure you can track everything you automated.

I think it is only Firefox, Malwarebytes, and Bitdefender that update stuff automatically, but they do it a lot, and I don't really know when it is happening most of the time. I shouldn't let that happen then?

 

[goodlad]

I think it is only Firefox, Malwarebytes, and Bitdefender that update stuff automatically, but they do it a lot, and I don't really know when it is happening most of the time. I shouldn't let that happen then?

You can change the bitdefender settings if you own an Paid version. I have kept mine to auto update at 12hour interval but I update it when I'm sitting idle (default setting on BD is 1hr if I remember correctly). FF doesn't update often. They release an update once every 15 or 30 days (just an example), while the addons depend on the developers.

In short its not an issue if you've security related softwares updating regularly its good for your system.

 

[MourningStar]

I do not go to the bathroom unless I first close the Task Manager.

(sorry, I could not resist this one ... )

 

[Efdy]

You can change the bitdefender settings if you own an Paid version. I have kept mine to auto update at 12hour interval but I update it when I'm sitting idle (default setting on BD is 1hr if I remember correctly). FF doesn't update often. They release an update once every 15 or 30 days (just an example), while the addons depend on the developers.

In short its not an issue if you've security related softwares updating regularly its good for your system.

Thank you for these informations.

I do not go to the bathroom unless I first close the Task Manager.

Thank you for that information too.