Task Manager Freezes on Windows 8/Server 2012
I’m the kind of guy that ALWAYS has task manager open. I’m serious, ask anyone I work with — I sometimes even have a whole screen for Task Manager and Resource Monitor (Maybe that’s why I like SCOM so much?). Though, I’ve noticed a couple of times on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2 that when I open task manager the stats just freeze. The system is fine, everything is normal but the stats just freeze — like this.
They never do anything else, and just stay at that initial opening mark. So frustrating! I’ve SFC’d, I’ve rebuilt my performance library, I’ve copied new bits for taskmgr.exe, everything! It turns out for some reason sometimes the view speed gets set to pause. I never would have though of that, but somehow it just happens (though, I’ve never seen it happen in any OS earlier than Windows 8/Server 2012).
Here’s how you fix it. Go into View –> Update speed and notice it’s set to pause. So strange.
Go ahead and set it to normal and you’re back in business!
I hope I’ve made your day, at least a little bit easier.
Thanks,
Highfield
Yep, it happened to me but after reading this I unpaused the b’stard. Cheers!
alphakill3r
Thanks mate it works for me
martinmoerch
10+ years in IT and I’m not too proud to admit that this one had me baffled.
Thanks.
mshansen01
Same here, that’s why we blog right? đŸ™‚
johnlapiana
Don’t feel bad Martin…18 years in IT and this got me as well. Thanks for blogging this & saving my sanity!
miqrogroove
Wow I thought my server was losing its mind. Thank you.
test48576626
thx man!
Jama_com
This post is still helping people đŸ™‚ Cheers buddy.
z
Thank you so much, It was really helpful.
stanley_S
Works for me as well, thanks ;-)), Bregards
Thaw Zin Oo
Now, working fine . Thanks …..
Abuzer Kadayif
Thanks, it works!
Song Qiang
Great!
Steve P
I wonder how it gets like this in the first place… I’ve had this happen a few times now…
bpo@tclogic.net
whauw, yes it happend to me too oh oh oh, but why dit this setting changed.
Thank you
hr
Still happens in year 2022. Thank you so much for your post!
Tito
but why did this setting changed? anybody knows?