In this guide, we will show you how to effectively monitor and control tasks on your Windows 10 PC while you’re playing games. If there are quite a few resource-hogging applications and services running in the background, then it is sure to slow down your PC. While the normal day-to-day usage you might not notice much of a difference, but it’s all the more visible while running games. Frame drops, lags, and the overall slow down of the gameplay experience is the last thing that any gamer would want to have.
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Up until now, the only way out was to minimize the game that you are playing and then launch the Task Manager. After this, you could take action against the apps that are causing a major impact on the overall flow of the system. However, there’s now a much easier way to carry out this task. You could now directly monitor tasks on your Windows 10 PC while playing games. This will not only prevent you from having to interrupt your gaming sessions but also calls for fewer efforts. Here’s how to make full use of this new feature. Follow along.
How to Monitor Tasks on Windows 10 While Playing Games
Before we list out the instruction steps, do make sure that you are running the latest Windows 10 October 2020 build. This option of monitoring task via Xbox Game Bar has been added to Windows 10 20H2 update. Hence, to check your current Windows build, use the Windows+I shortcut key combination to launch the Settings page. Then go to System > About.
If you aren’t running the latest build, then go to Settings > Update and Security and Install the latest update. Once that is done, you may proceed with the below steps to monitor tasks on your Windows 10 PC while playing games.
