While testing a new PowerShell script on a Windows 11 workstation, the computer becomes sluggish and the fan runs constantly. The technician suspects the script is stuck in an infinite loop and is using excessive CPU and memory. Which built-in Windows utility should the technician open first to view real-time resource usage and forcibly end the offending process if necessary?
Task Manager is the Windows in-box tool that shows live CPU, memory, disk, and network usage for each process and allows a technician to end a selected task. Disk Management, Local Users and Groups, and Event Viewer cannot display real-time resource consumption or terminate a misbehaving script.
Task Manager features include per-process CPU and memory metrics and an End Task option, making it the quickest way to confirm and stop the script before it crashes the system. [Task Manager provides information about running processes, CPU load, memory usage, and allows processes to be forcibly terminated]
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