Can't end a process...why not?

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watha

I'm in Task Manager, I click end process but it doesn't work. Why not?
Thanks.
 
Is this happening to all the processes, or one particular process? For better control on processes, use Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com.

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I'm in Task Manager, I click end process but it doesn't work. Why not?
Thanks.
 
it is possible for a process to be written such that it can't be ended
(unless it really is hung up); some spyware apps do this. Windows never
forcable ends a process, it first asks it to end itself; if it responds
"no, I'd rather not" then windows honors that. If it fails to respond at
all then windows will kill it.
 
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