Lower your Chrome instances inside Task Manager

Modified on: Mon, 2024 Apr 8 12:45

Purpose: To improve VMWare performance, and help lower your CPU usage inside of your VM.

 

Step 1: Open Task Manager by either searching for it in the start menu, or holding Ctrl+Alt+Delete on your keyboard and selecting Task Manager 

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Step 2: Click More Details to see a more detailed breakdown of applications and background processes running on your machine.


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Step 3: Click the Details tab to see all instances. Scroll down until you see your Chrome instances.

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 Step 4: Click on the first one to select/highlight the instance. Right click the instance and go to “Set priority”, a second options area will appear. Click “Low”

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Step 5: A box will appear asking if you are sure you’d like to change the priority. Select “Change Priority”

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Step 6: Repeat this step for each Chrome instance until all are set to a low priority. You can apply these steps to any browser you currently have open. 

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