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Ending a process
Name: hcaoc Date: September 16, 2003 at 08:49:10 Pacific OS: NT 4.0 Workstation CPU/Ram: P3 600 128 RAM
Comment:
I am trying to uninstall/delete a couple of programs. However they are running on my computer and I can't get the process to terminate. I get an error message saying that access is denied. How do I get these two process to stop? I tried using a command prompt and deleting them that way and I got the same message.
Name: Maurice Reed Date: September 17, 2003 at 00:59:26 Pacific
Reply:
If they are loading as 'services' you can go to Control Panel->Services and change their startup from Automatic to either Manual OR Disabled. Reboot and see if that has the desired effect.
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