This free Windows tool shows exactly why my PC is slowing down (and it beats Task Manager)

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My Windows PC sometimes bogs down, running much slower than usual. Whatever activity I'm trying to accomplish stalls or freezes momentarily. Often, the only solution is to reboot. But that doesn't fix the underlying problem. Instead, I've been using a free Windows utility that can pinpoint which apps and processes are hogging memory and system resources so I can deal with the culprits.

Known as AppControl, this tool displays a list of all running apps and processes and shows you how much CPU, memory, and other resources they're using. At the main menu, you're able to view details on an app or other file so you know what it does. From there, you can disable or kill a certain process to see if that jolts Windows back to life.

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