History of Windows Task Manager - Part 1 - Origins

Retired Microsoft engineer and original author of Task Manager (davepl) reveals the little known secret history of the application along with the technical details of how it works and why it was designed that way. The series is complete with a tour of the never-before-seen Windows source code to Task Manager. The first segment covers “How Task Manager came to be“, while the second segment focuses on the technical issues of how it was designed and why. The third episode includes an in-depth look at the code. As seen at CSWeek at the University of Regina, Dec 9, 2020 I get a lot of questions about which keyboard I’m using as well as various other camera and studio equipment questions, so here are the highlights: CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Cherry MX Blue Switches) Sony FX3 or A7SIII Cameras Aputure 120D Mark II Light and Light Dome II Mini Glide Gear TMP100 Prompt