I cant turn off a running program?

Question

Im tring to install windows XP service pack 2 but I get an error saying that c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe is still running I dont know how to shut the down correctly.

Answer 1

if yer savvy enough (level 3 on hardness scale of 1 to 10), this bad little util will kill ANYTHING, no matter how persistent. it is used from the command line, and get your PID from task manager. this util has never failed to kill a process for me! even if it doing some crazy debugging mode that lasts forever!

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsKill.html

Answer 2

cmd.exe is the command line interpreter for XP. It means that you have a DOS box running. Just close it. If you don't have a DOS box running, it's likely that some process is running using a hidden DOS box. Most likely culprit would be spyware or a virus. Sort that out first.

Answer 3

Press ALT, CTRL, and DELETE all at the same time and then a window should pop up telling you what programs you are running and from there click the one you want to close out, and press "end task."

Answer 4

Try to do this:

Ctrl + Alt + Del

and if u see this in the list right click on it and press goto process and when it takes you to the process right click on it and select end process..

I hope this helped...u

Answer 5

Use your Task Manager. Right-click on your bottom toolbar then select "Task Manager". When it comes up, highlight the program you want to stop running, then click on "end task".

Answer 6

Go check out http://www.annoyances.org

Answer 7

well ......you could restart your comp and then try to install ....this way u noe for sure that nothing is running ......cos u hav just logged on !!