If a program is running in the background on your Windows 11/10 PC & you can see it on Taskbar or Task Manager but is not visible on your desktop screen, see this post.

Learn how to configure Windows 11/10 to run selected Programs, using Group Policy Editor. This way, you can Configure and allow Windows to run Specified Programs.

You can easily stop programs from running at startup on your Mac computer using your System Preferences.

With all these programs running in the background and hogging up resources, your operating system can struggle to respond to basic commands and even just boot up.

Adjust your computer’s startup settings Programs that run in the background will take up valuable processing power and slow your computer down.

Many programs that you install are automatically run when you start your computer and load Windows. For the majority of cases, this type of behavior is fine. Unfortunately, there are programs that ...