By @ssc_combater007
Publication Date: 2026-08-20 00:30:00
Earlier today, Microsoft published a thoroughly detailed guide on internet bandwidth-saving for Windows 11 update downloads. The article goes into depth and highlights the various policy settings administrators can employ for the most optimal network usage in their environments.
One of the ways users and admins alike can check out data usage, among other things, is the Task Manager. As you are probably already familiar with, it is a very useful native Windows tool used for monitoring hardware.
However, with AI workloads becoming increasingly common on modern PCs, Microsoft is now making Task Manager more useful for keeping an eye on the hardware powering such workloads. The company has published a detailed overview explaining the new AI-focused monitoring capabilities that have been added to the utility.
One of the major changes is the addition of optional NPU and…
