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In the last few weeks I have developed a disturbing problem with my Windows XP SP2 system. Certain programs do not appear to be completely closing after exiting the application. After closing a program, the task manager still shows the program under the "Processes" tab, and often these applications are consuming large amounts of CPU Time.

For example, When I open Outlook (I have Office XP Professional installed) it starts WINWORD which is the default editor. When I close Outlook and try to shut down, it tells me that Word is still open and to close all Office applications before shutting down.

Also, after composing 1 email (with WinWord) the next email tells me that winword canot be opened and it reverts to the default internal editor in Outlook which will not display my stationary with an ActiveX error.

Several other applications inclusing ThumbsPlus, Adobe Photoshop, and AutoCAD2006 also do not shutdown in task manager after exiting the application. This causes very slow performance and problems when rtrying to reopen the application.

I consistently install security and other updates as they become available.

I have not been able to find any knowledgebase articles pertaining to this type of problem, any help would be appreciated.
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