Task Manager problems

[I.C. Greenfields]

How do I get Task manager to work? It doesn't shut down frozen (non
responding) programs including WindowsMail, IE7 or MozillaFF... all of which
"stop responding" constantly. We're all getting sick and tired of having to
reboot to get anything done online. I can't find any infections on this PC
which has WDefender, Avast, Spybot, Adaware, A-Squared and ZoneAlarm. We
ran all these programs, updated, several times and no viruses or other
crapware was found. This Vista Home Premium is less stable than the old W98
we recently gave away. In fact we had less problems with W98 than we're
having with Vista. Someone please make some suggestions so we can get some
work done.

 

[Gordon]

How do I get Task manager to work? It doesn't shut down frozen (non
responding) programs including WindowsMail, IE7 or MozillaFF... all of
which "stop responding" constantly. We're all getting sick and tired of
having to reboot to get anything done online. I can't find any infections
on this PC which has WDefender, Avast, Spybot, Adaware, A-Squared and
ZoneAlarm. We ran all these programs, updated, several times and no
viruses or other crapware was found. This Vista Home Premium is less
stable than the old W98 we recently gave away. In fact we had less
problems with W98 than we're having with Vista. Someone please make some
suggestions so we can get some work done.

Post the specs of your machine...

 

[Dusko Savatovic]

... I can't find any infections on this PC which has WDefender, Avast,
Spybot, Adaware, A-Squared and ZoneAlarm. We ran all these programs,
updated, several times and no viruses or other crapware was found...

Looks like you are so well protected that nothing can work on your machine.

 

[Questor]

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How do I get Task manager to work? It doesn't shut down frozen (non
responding) programs including WindowsMail, IE7 or MozillaFF... all of
which "stop responding" constantly. We're all getting sick and tired of
having to reboot to get anything done online. I can't find any
infections on this PC which has WDefender, Avast, Spybot, Adaware,
A-Squared and ZoneAlarm. We ran all these programs, updated, several
times and no viruses or other crapware was found. This Vista Home
Premium is less stable than the old W98 we recently gave away. In fact
we had less problems with W98 than we're having with Vista. Someone
please make some suggestions so we can get some work done.

Try uninstalling ZoneAlarm. There is a known bug with ZA that will
cause your problem. Other posts here and in the FF/ZA forum will
document this.

Questor

 

[nitinagarwal1988]

the problem is your security suites itself.....only keep one good installed
and uninstall the other one. you may use eset nod32 SS, kaspersky 2009 or
norton internet security.....one of them is enough. and here all your problem
get solved automatically...

 

[Buddha]

Try Process Explorer:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
I've found it more informative, easier to use, and more effective than Task
Manager for killing those annoying "Not Responding" programs.

Maybe someday MS will issue a fix to get rid of the problem with things not
responding, which I experience at least a dozen times a day, including with
Windows own components. This would certainly be an improvement over their
current policy of blaming everything on 3RD party vendors.

Buddha

 

[Questor]

In this instance, the problem lies directly with third-party vendors.
Process Explorer cannot kill the errant Firefox process any better than
Task Manager can. Once the problem executable appears in the 'system'
area it cannot be touched by 'user' processes - such as PE or TM.

Questor

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