Task Manager Uses All the CPU

When diagnosing performance problems, you need to figure out what is consuming the system resources. In Windows, the program you use is called Task Manager. When I open Task Manager to figure out what is using the most resources, it tends to be a program called Task Manager! Go figure. That means, whenever I have a performance problem, I look at what is using all my CPU. When I kill it, I still have performance problems. I look at what is still using all my CPU and it is Task Manager again! It keeps coming back! Obviously I know Task Manager isn't the one consuming all my CPU. This is why I like Unix-like systems. Top is lightweight and tells you exactly what you need to know. Somehow, a tiny c program that predates Windows XP has been able to violate the Uncertainty Principle and tell you what is taking up all of your CPU without actually taking up all of your CPU. This is why I use Linux.