The other day, a reader posed an interesting question about how one can tell whether they have inadvertently installed AI on their computer.  Most of the time, we know when we are installing or using AI. We download Claude. We launch perplexity.ai. In Office we look for the colorful icon and launch Copilot. In an […]

ISSUE 23.39 • 2026-09-28 BEN’S WORKSHOP By Ben Myers Dave Plummer, author of the original Windows Task Manager, has written the 21st-century “Task Manager OG.” TMOG is a modern Task Manager providing far more information about tasks than Windows’ own built-in Task Manager. TMOG also installs and runs on a Windows 10 system, displaying a […]

WINDOWS 11 By Mary Branscombe Task Manager isn’t the only option for tracking down memory usage. Other tools give you more details. The next time your PC feels slow, you could just assume it’s due to too many open tabs in your browser and look at Task Manager to see if you’re right. But that […]