Re: quick question

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From: Peter Smith (psmith_at_ccmail.com)
Date: 08/23/04


Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:08:10 -0400

thanks for the quick reply

"rogle" <rogle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7EC10B6E-EDA0-46BF-B130-60C464D52C4D@microsoft.com...
> You could always try using the "kill" utility in the windows resource kit.
> Should be able to get it free from the MS website. Also, depending on
> which
> version of windows you're using, the utility may have a different name.
>
> Nevertheless, grab the resource kit and it should have a utility to
> forcefully end a program.
>
> "Peter Smith" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just have a quick question and I was wondering if someone knew the
>> answer
>> to my simple question. I've had this happen to me a few times and I was
>> wondering what can be done to solve it. The problem is when you try to
>> stop
>> a service, and for an unexpecting reason the stopping service hangs and
>> it
>> just says "stopping" What can be done to really stop the service? What I
>> do
>> now is reboot the machine. It's a different situation if it happens on a
>> server, is there a third party tool that can stop the service? Any info
>> would be great.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>



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