You’re not on a video call. You didn’t open the Camera app. But suddenly that little light next to your webcam is glowing. So what is using your camera? There are plenty of harmless reasons for a webcam to turn on, but unexpected camera activity is still something
You aren't running a game or watching a video. Maybe you aren't even sitting at your PC. So why does your computer suddenly sound like it's preparing for takeoff? A loud PC fan usually means something is generating heat, and that often means your
Some people love AI, while others would rather not have it running on their PC at all due to privacy, performance, or security reasons. Unfortunately, Windows 11 doesn't have a single simple switch to turn every AI feature or app off. If you want an AI-free, or
Nothing ruins your PC gaming experience faster than a sudden stutter or lag. Most people will Alt+Tab to Windows Task Manager to see what just spiked their system, but a lot of the time everything looks completely idle. That’s because sneaky background tasks including game launcher updaters, cloud
AppControl hitting 10,000 downloads in our first week blew us away. Today, we are thrilled to share a new exciting milestone: AppControl has officially crossed 100,000 downloads! Crossing 100K happened due to the incredible community that has rallied around the project. From day one, our goal was to
AppControl, the historical Task Manager for Windows, just got its biggest update yet. Version 1.3.0 adds some features we've been really excited to ship, starting with one we've heard a lot of requests for. Range Select on Graphs You can now click and drag
With AppControl 1.2.0.282b, we’ve just unlocked a powerful new way to understand your PC’s historical resource usage activity. Today, we’re introducing the AppControl MCP Server, a powerful bridge that lets you connect your favorite AI agents and IDEs like Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and Gemini
AppControl, the historical Task Manager for power users, just got better! Today’s update adds new language support, a fast-launch keyboard shortcut, and several community-reported fixes. You can now launch AppControl instantly with Win + Ctrl + A, thanks to feature requests from our Discord community. Try it out! We’
Keeping an eye on your PC’s performance should not come at the cost of that performance. We built AppControl with that exact concern in mind, because we originally created it for our own PCs, and performance is extremely important to us. First, AppControl is designed to stay lightweight in
When we launched AppControl last Tuesday, we set a goal of hitting 1,000 downloads in the first week, but quickly we blew past that with over 10,000 downloads in just a few days! Huge thanks to everyone who tried AppControl and shared it. Your support means we can
A few months ago, I noticed my PC fan spinning like crazy while the machine was locked. No apps running (as far as I knew). So I did what any Windows user does: I opened Task Manager. And… nothing. Whatever was burning up resources vanished the second I looked. No