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32103940
06-01-2006, 05:22 AM
this is about the Run dialog (Start>Run).

i need to know if theres a command i can use to terminate running tasks. sometimes when my computer crashes, ctrl alt del fails to bring up task manager so i cant terminate the unresponsive progs from there.

thanks.
Sterling_Aug
06-01-2006, 09:08 AM
Ctrl-Alt-Del will always bring up the tast manager. XP will always allow you to terminate tasks or processes.

I bet you have spyware or a virus.
Ankerson
06-01-2006, 09:11 AM
You can also right click on the Task Bar and Select Task Manager.
BipolarBill
06-01-2006, 12:13 PM
I've never seen a crash where Task Manager wouldn't come up but I get the Run dialog. In crashes where Task Manager fails, nothing else works.

I would suspect a bug too.
Sterling_Aug
06-01-2006, 12:32 PM
A bug from an already running process that blocks task manager. Sounds like a perfect description to thousands of the current viruses and spyware.
Ankerson
06-01-2006, 12:34 PM
It might be worth while to run a Complete Virus Scan on your machine as stated above. :)
AllGamer
06-01-2006, 07:19 PM
definitely a virus type of Spyware... aka SPAMware
Rocketmech
06-01-2006, 09:46 PM
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm

I have these in a backup folder on all my pc's ... just in case . ;)
Midknyte
06-01-2006, 10:17 PM
You could try process explorer:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
32103940
06-02-2006, 07:41 AM
its not spyware. apparently the crash occurs due to some ram glitch. i know this to be wmplayer.exe.

after playing many large avi files it just stalls and ram allocation is screwed until i restart. once this crash occurs i get a fatal exception error whenever i ctrl-alt-del.

any programs u guys recommended arent of help because i only need help when the crash occurs. and i cant run any executable when it happens.

im guessing theres no terminate process command for the Run dialog then?
Midknyte
06-02-2006, 02:31 PM
look at PStools on the same site as Process Explorer. you can use PSKill to kill a process from a command line.
ueadian
06-22-2006, 08:26 PM
Download pskill.exe from http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsKill.html

Alternatively you can try tskill.exe which comes with all versions of windows, it is however, very bad at killing tasks.

If you are on Win XP Pro use TASKKILL.EXE with the following syntax from the run command
taskkill [/s Computer] [/u Domain\User [/p Password]]] [/fi FilterName] [/pid ProcessID]|[/im ImageName] [/f][/t]
I.E
taskkill.exe /s BRANDON /u Brandon /p youwish /im msnmsgr.exe /f would kill MSN Messenger.