Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Microsoft Windows has He’s been with us for over 40 years at this point. During that time, it has managed to collect all kinds of add-ons, companion apps, and utilities that you may not have necessarily discovered.
Some of these are made before Microsoft itself. there Microsoft Power Toysfor example, which lets you tweak everything from keyboard shortcuts to desktop layout. There too Microsoft Magazinea journaling app designed primarily for use with the stylus on Surface computers.
Here though we focus on Microsoft Computer Managerwhich debuted in beta form in 2022, is now available for free to anyone who wants to try it. Microsoft promises that it “effortlessly optimizes your PC’s performance with just one click,” and will “keep your PC running smoothly.”
In other words, its purpose is to clean up some of the clutter and burden that your computer may have accumulated over the years — and perhaps even give it that “new” feeling you get when you turn on a Windows computer for the first time.
Microsoft PC Manager interface
Once you’re done Downloaded and installed program, the first thing you will see will be a pop-up window in the lower right corner of the screen. This gives you an overview of the current state of your system, including how much RAM is in use, how many applications and processes are currently running, and how many temporary files are taking up space on your hard drive.
You can see a lot of information from this pop-up window, but many of the utilities and scans built into Microsoft PC Manager will launch a separate window. To get started, you can head to Settings To make sure the program is configured as you want. You can run the application automatically with Windows, and automatically intervene by freeing up RAM or clearing temporary files.
The thing that might give some users pause is that you don’t get a huge amount of information about what the program is doing behind the scenes in terms of optimization and deletion. Presumably, if these actions are very useful for your system, Windows will perform them anyway, without resorting to an additional utility. However, there is reassurance that this is an official tool from Microsoft, so you should know what you are doing.
There is some overlap with the rest of Windows. via Tool box For example, you can take screenshots, run Notepad and Calculator utilities, and open links in Microsoft Edge. You don’t really need Microsoft PC Manager to do all this, but the shortcuts are here anyway. There is also a Show the toolbar on the desktop A toggle switch on this screen, which places a fixed dashboard on your desktop containing key system information.