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rubicon · 06-23-2004, 08:35 AM

I've seen Windows 2000 and XP pause when there is an application that is misbehaving. For example, iEx (a Mac Expose clone) would crash with the traditional error dialog box and I would close it. Right after, the machine would grind to a halt. I went to second a PC in my office and did a remote view of the processes running on my machine and found that iEx didn't actually close. I issued a remote kill and things returned to normal.

If you have an idea which application is causing the problem (ie: the Bluetooth), try running TASKLIST \\yourcomputer from another PC. You can use TASKKILL \\yourcomputer to terminate the process.

If you don't have XP on the second PC, visit http://www.sysinternals.com/ and download the PSTOOL package. PSLIST and PSKILL will do the same things.

06-23-2004, 08:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
rubicon Stop. Think. Question. Location: Redondo Beach, CA	I've seen Windows 2000 and XP pause when there is an application that is misbehaving. For example, iEx (a Mac Expose clone) would crash with the traditional error dialog box and I would close it. Right after, the machine would grind to a halt. I went to second a PC in my office and did a remote view of the processes running on my machine and found that iEx didn't actually close. I issued a remote kill and things returned to normal. If you have an idea which application is causing the problem (ie: the Bluetooth), try running TASKLIST \\yourcomputer from another PC. You can use TASKKILL \\yourcomputer to terminate the process. If you don't have XP on the second PC, visit http://www.sysinternals.com/ and download the PSTOOL package. PSLIST and PSKILL will do the same things. __________________ How you do anything is how you do everything.