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  2. Commit charge - Wikipedia

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    The Windows Task Manager utility for Windows XP and Server 2003, in its Performance tab, shows three counters related to commit charge: Total is the amount of pagefile-backed virtual address space in use, i.e., the current commit charge. This is composed of main memory (RAM) and disk (pagefiles).

  3. Task Manager (Windows) - Wikipedia

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    Task Manager, previously known as Windows Task Manager, is a task manager, system monitor, and startup manager included with Microsoft Windows systems. It provides information about computer performance and running software, including names of running processes , CPU and GPU load, commit charge , I/O details, logged-in users, and Windows services .

  4. Resource Monitor - Wikipedia

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    Resource Monitor, a utility in Windows Vista and later, displays information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time. [1] Users can launch Resource Monitor by executing resmon.exe (perfmon.exe in Windows Vista).

  5. Hard disk drive failure - Wikipedia

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    A hard disk drive failure occurs when a hard disk drive malfunctions and the stored information cannot be accessed with a properly configured computer. A hard disk failure may occur in the course of normal operation, or due to an external factor such as exposure to fire or water or high magnetic fields , or suffering a sharp impact or ...

  6. File system fragmentation - Wikipedia

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    The problem could not be solved by simply checking the free space on the disk beforehand, either. While free space on the disk may exist, the size of the largest contiguous block of free space was not immediately apparent without analyzing the numbers presented by the disk catalog and so would escape the user's notice.

  7. Security Account Manager - Wikipedia

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    The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file [1] in Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 that stores users' passwords. It can be used to authenticate local and remote users. Beginning with Windows 2000 SP4, Active Directory authenticates remote users.

  8. Timeline of DOS operating systems - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft combined versions 2.1 and 2.01 to create MS-DOS 2.11 for other OEMs. Version 2.11 was sold worldwide and translated into about 10 different languages. [24] It was shipped by every major OEM, including Hewlett-Packard, Wang, DEC, Texas Instruments, Compaq, and Tandy. [115] By June, Microsoft will have licensed MS-DOS to 200 ...