Task Manager Problem

[NiftyPat]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a problem ending "SYSTEM" processes in task manager. Up
until about a couple days ago, I could end these programs just fine.
For example, I would end wanmpsvc.exe (part of an old AOL account) and
rtvscan.exe(and multiple other Norton processes). There are others,
nothing critical of course, but I won't bother listing them. Now
whenever I try to end any of these, I get an error stating "The
operation could not be completed. Access is denied." I am the
administrator for the computer, and I am the only one using it. And as
I said, I've been getting rid of processes like that for years using
this method, but for some reason, out of the blue, that changed a
couple of days ago.

Can anyone help? Oddly enough, for the first time, Google was of no
assistance.

Thanks in advance!

Pat

 

[Smoker~]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a problem ending "SYSTEM" processes in task manager. Up
until about a couple days ago, I could end these programs just fine.
For example, I would end wanmpsvc.exe (part of an old AOL account) and
rtvscan.exe(and multiple other Norton processes). There are others,
nothing critical of course, but I won't bother listing them. Now
whenever I try to end any of these, I get an error stating "The
operation could not be completed. Access is denied." I am the
administrator for the computer, and I am the only one using it. And as
I said, I've been getting rid of processes like that for years using
this method, but for some reason, out of the blue, that changed a
couple of days ago.

Can anyone help? Oddly enough, for the first time, Google was of no
assistance.

Thanks in advance!

There are free apps available that will end processes. EndItAll is one of
them. I know that doesn't solve your problem. Sometimes it's easier to
switch than fight.