need task killer

[Nate]

does there happen to be a good freeware task killer for xp?

It is not unusual to run into situations now (running xp for only 1
month with a new machine) where apps cannot be killed from task
manager. E.g., I clicked on an mp3 while the modem was dialing and now
the player (MiusicBox) is frozen. Task Manager will not end the task,
nor kill the process on the Processes tab.

 

[Steve N.]

does there happen to be a good freeware task killer for xp?

Yeah, the reset button.

It is not unusual to run into situations now (running xp for only 1
month with a new machine) where apps cannot be killed from task
manager. E.g., I clicked on an mp3 while the modem was dialing and now
the player (MiusicBox) is frozen. Task Manager will not end the task,
nor kill the process on the Processes tab.

About 1,510,000 results for task killer in 0.33 seconds on Google.

Steve

 

[Nate]

Yeah, the reset button.

what a stupid reply

About 1,510,000 results for task killer in 0.33 seconds on Google.

I asked for a pointer to a good free one, idiot.

 

[kurttrail]

does there happen to be a good freeware task killer for xp?

It is not unusual to run into situations now (running xp for only 1
month with a new machine) where apps cannot be killed from task
manager. E.g., I clicked on an mp3 while the modem was dialing and now
the player (MiusicBox) is frozen. Task Manager will not end the task,
nor kill the process on the Processes tab.

If you know clicking on a mp3 while the modem is dialing freeze
"MiusicBox" (sic), why do you continue to do it?

"My brain hurts when I hit my head with a hammer, but maybe the next
time I do it, it won't hurt my brain!"

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[Nate]

If you know clicking on a mp3 while the modem is dialing freeze
"MiusicBox" (sic), why do you continue to do it?

I did that combination once, idiot. Other circumstances also result in
freezes. Is this newsgroup populated only by rude little boys? What's
the matter, did you get beat up at school again today, and they took
your lunch money? So you decide to make yourself feel better by being
rude on usenet?

 

[Jim]

Hey Nate,

I use Process Explorer from Sysinternals all the time, and it will
frequently help in shutting down programs that Task Manager can not. Has a
bunch of other nifty features, too:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

Hope that helps.

-Jim

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Nate" <[email protected]>

| does there happen to be a good freeware task killer for xp?
|
| It is not unusual to run into situations now (running xp for only 1
| month with a new machine) where apps cannot be killed from task
| manager. E.g., I clicked on an mp3 while the modem was dialing and now
| the player (MiusicBox) is frozen. Task Manager will not end the task,
| nor kill the process on the Processes tab.

There is KILL.EXE from the NT Resource Kit.

Process Explorer from Sysinternals.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

 

[kurttrail]

I did that combination once, idiot.

I'm not the one that couldn't figure out how to do a simple Google
search!

Other circumstances also result in
freezes. Is this newsgroup populated only by rude little boys?

Figures you'd be too moronic to figure out the difference between humor
and rude!

What's
the matter, did you get beat up at school again today, and they took
your lunch money?

LOL! I wish I had the hairline I had then!

So you decide to make yourself feel better by being
rude on usenet?

LOL! So you decided to expose your idiocy on the USENET and didn't
think you'd get flamed for it? If you can't stand the fire, then get
the F^$K out of the kitchen!

"My Brain Hurts When I Google!" ;-)

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[Tom Porterfield]

does there happen to be a good freeware task killer for xp?

It is not unusual to run into situations now (running xp for only 1
month with a new machine) where apps cannot be killed from task
manager. E.g., I clicked on an mp3 while the modem was dialing and now
the player (MiusicBox) is frozen. Task Manager will not end the task,
nor kill the process on the Processes tab.

XP Home or Pro? Pro includes the command line utility taskkill.exe. You
can use it to terminate a process. Type taskkill.exe /? at the command
prompt for parameters. Here's an article on taskkill -
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/taskkill.mspx.

PsKill (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pskill.shtml) is also
effective.
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[kurttrail]

what a stupid reply

You don't have much of a sense of humor, do you?

I asked for a pointer to a good free one, idiot.

Endearing yourself to the natives, I see, Nate! ROFL!

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[Jim]

How is he being an idiot? He asked a simple question. The MSNGs are a
viable reference, just as good as Google, and when he has a question or a
problem, it's just as viable a solution to ask here as it is to do a Google
search. It doesn't make sense to tell the guy that he's dumb because he
chose one alternative over the other.

I mean, simple question, why *not* give him a simple answer? For the sake
of "humor"? Seems like if he's looking for a laugh he should turn on Comedy
Central, not Usenet. I'm just saying.

 

[Steve N.]

what a stupid reply

What a lack of humor you have.

I asked for a pointer to a good free one, idiot.

You ask for something that you're obviously too put out to find for
yourself and you have the nards to call other people names? Such
arrogance. This is a peer support group, no one here is obligated to
give you the time of day.

Steve

 

[kurttrail]

How is he being an idiot? He asked a simple question.

Simple is as simple does.

The MSNGs are
a viable reference, just as good as Google, and when he has a
question or a problem, it's just as viable a solution to ask here as
it is to do a Google search.

No. It's a place to go AFTER you have look for yourself, especially
with SIMPLE QUESTIONS!

It doesn't make sense to tell the guy
that he's dumb because he chose one alternative over the other.

You're right, he is an effin' lazy mother-effer. Wants the easy answers
handed to him on a silver platter.

Well part of helping people is teaching them how to figure sh*t out for
themselves, and sometimes a little negative reinforcement, with a
spoonful of humor make the medicine go down.

Give a moron a fish, and he eats for one meal. Teach a moron to fish,
and he eats for the rest of his life.

I mean, simple question, why *not* give him a simple answer? For the
sake of "humor"? Seems like if he's looking for a laugh he should
turn on Comedy Central, not Usenet. I'm just saying.

And you are just full of sh*t! I'll reply as I see fit. And what YOU
think about it, will NEVER enter into the equation of I deem suitable
for me to post, a$$hole!

Who the F^$K do you think YOU are, the effin' moderator or something?!
;-)

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[Jim]

Whatever you say, guy.

Simple is as simple does.


No. It's a place to go AFTER you have look for yourself, especially
with SIMPLE QUESTIONS!


You're right, he is an effin' lazy mother-effer. Wants the easy answers
handed to him on a silver platter.

Well part of helping people is teaching them how to figure sh*t out for
themselves, and sometimes a little negative reinforcement, with a
spoonful of humor make the medicine go down.

Give a moron a fish, and he eats for one meal. Teach a moron to fish,
and he eats for the rest of his life.


And you are just full of sh*t! I'll reply as I see fit. And what YOU
think about it, will NEVER enter into the equation of I deem suitable
for me to post, a$$hole!

Who the F^$K do you think YOU are, the effin' moderator or something?!
;-)

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[Steve N.]

I did that combination once, idiot. Other circumstances also result in
freezes. Is this newsgroup populated only by rude little boys?

No, but you just increased the count by one.

Steve

 

[Steve N.]

How is he being an idiot?

Ahem, HE is the one who started calling people idiots.

He asked a simple question.

He got a simple answer and a harmless joke at no extra charge.

The MSNGs are a
viable reference, just as good as Google,

Not for every question and frequently for such questions the answer is
to search for one because there are a LOT of them available. It is
obvious the guy didn't look for one himself or he'd have found one and
be using it by now, therefore no need for the question in the first place.

and when he has a question or a
problem, it's just as viable a solution to ask here as it is to do a Google
search. It doesn't make sense to tell the guy that he's dumb because he
chose one alternative over the other.

I mean, simple question, why *not* give him a simple answer?

He got it. The answer was there are a LOT of them out ther, find one and
try it. Only HE will know if it is suitable for HIS purposes. He didn't
like the answer I gave and resorted to calling me an idiot.

For the sake
of "humor"?

My little joke was niether insulting nor harmful in any way.

Seems like if he's looking for a laugh he should turn on Comedy
Central, not Usenet. I'm just saying.

Too bad. Usenet is usenet. You get all sorts of stuff here. Nobody's arm
was twisted.

Steve

 

[kurttrail]

Whatever you say, guy.

Exactly!

Yet another moron that has no conception of humor!

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[Jim]

Too bad. Usenet is usenet. You get all sorts of stuff here.

There's certainly no denying *that*.

 

[Steve N.]

Jim wrote:




Simple is as simple does.




No. It's a place to go AFTER you have look for yourself, especially
with SIMPLE QUESTIONS!




You're right, he is an effin' lazy mother-effer. Wants the easy answers
handed to him on a silver platter.

You'll notice the OP didn't bother to thank or reply at all to the three
people who _did_ hand him answers on a silver platter either. That just
bolsters my impression that he must be a humorless, inappreciative,
arrogant and demanding twerp.

Well part of helping people is teaching them how to figure sh*t out for
themselves, and sometimes a little negative reinforcement, with a
spoonful of humor make the medicine go down.

FWIW, I was not intending to be negative at all in the first place, just
implying that there were SO MANY Google hits on it that he's gonna have
to look and see for himself.

Give a moron a fish, and he eats for one meal. Teach a moron to fish,
and he eats for the rest of his life.

Or slap a moron upside the head with a fish.

Steve

 

[kurttrail]

You'll notice the OP didn't bother to thank or reply at all to the
three people who _did_ hand him answers on a silver platter either.
That just bolsters my impression that he must be a humorless,
inappreciative, arrogant and demanding twerp.

Yep! Just one fat, lazy bastard.

FWIW, I was not intending to be negative at all in the first place,
just implying that there were SO MANY Google hits on it that he's
gonna have to look and see for himself.

You weren't negative. Nate was just over-sensitive.

Or slap a moron upside the head with a fish.

Like I said, sometimes negative reinforcement in called for! And I'm
just the kinda guy to dish it out!

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