![]() If you're looking for similar programs, you may want to check out Taskbar Stats and Perfmonbar. And the fact that there's no tooltip makes it hard to view the stats without squinting, the Windows Dark theme does make this a bit easier. The program's color scheme doesn't look good with the Windows' Light theme, and I've been observing a similar trend with several tools that I've tested recently. Taskbar Monitor is an open source program. There are no customization options in Taskbar Monitor, so you cannot change the color of the text or graph, or the font style and size. Mouse over the lines to the left of the toolbar, click and drag it to expand the deskband. It only has a couple of letters on it by default, which is not how it is supposed to look like. (refer to the image above) The toolbar will appear next to the system tray. The Net meter has similar options, using which you can find the Download and Upload speeds. Navigate to the Toolbars menu and enable the Performance Monitor Toolbar. The Disk meter has 2 options besides the default one, and these are for the Read and Write speeds. The CPU indicator can be set to display usage from multiple cores. It allows you to change the meters that are displayed in the taskbar. Left-clicking on Taskbar Monitor does nothing, however if you right-click on it, you will see a menu appear. You cannot resize the toolbar, but the deskband's interface sort of scales up if you resize the entire taskbar. So, you can tell a resource usage is high or low/normal, just by looking at the graph as it spikes up or jumps back down. It may not be useful at first glance, but it is handy as it gets updated in real-time. Each of these bars has a graphical representation of the corresponding resource. ![]() The third meter represents the current disk usage in MB/s, while the last one, NET, shows the network usage in KB/s. The first one tells you the CPU usage in %, the second is the memory usage (in GB). Then, go to Gaming on the left panel of the Settings window. To open the Settings app, click Settings from the context menu as shown below. Right-click on the Start button on the taskbar. They have a number at the top, which indicates each resource's stats. Here are a few steps below on how to do it. You should see the bar appear near the system tray, if it doesn't show up, you may have to re-select it from the toolbar menu. Go to the toolbar menu and select Taskbar Monitor. Close it and then right-click on the Taskbar. A command window opens, and it only takes a second for it to install the program. You'll need to provide admin rights to run it, because it is a deskband tool. While the program is available in a ZIP archive, it contains an installer. The application places a toolbar on the Windows Taskbar which helps you check the resource usage at a glance. If you do that, but want an easier way to monitor your computer's performance, give Taskbar Monitor a shot. ![]() That takes a good chunk of on-screen space. ![]()
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