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Guest bocmac
Posted

I have noticed lately that after i have closed some programs that they are

still running according to the task manager. this has only been noticed last

month or so. i have two users set up .i noticed slow down and checked task

manager. under my girlfriends account there was say five instances of

winword.exe a few publishers running. not all programs seem to stay on but

can become significant ram killer. any body else seen this?

any suggestions?

 

thanks ,

 

bob

 

win xp pro sp 2 (all current updates)

amd athlon 64 x2

3gb ram

asus M.B.

ati 2600 pro

norton 360

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Guest Terry R.
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Re: closed programs still running in task manager

 

The date and time was 5/27/2008 9:15 PM, and on a whim, bocmac pounded

out on the keyboard:

> I have noticed lately that after i have closed some programs that they are

> still running according to the task manager. this has only been noticed last

> month or so. i have two users set up .i noticed slow down and checked task

> manager. under my girlfriends account there was say five instances of

> winword.exe a few publishers running. not all programs seem to stay on but

> can become significant ram killer. any body else seen this?

> any suggestions?

>

> thanks ,

>

> bob

>

> win xp pro sp 2 (all current updates)

> amd athlon 64 x2

> 3gb ram

> asus M.B.

> ati 2600 pro

> norton 360

 

Hi Bob,

 

That is not normal. Programs should terminate when closed. How are

they being closed? Are they crashing at any time?

 

Any more my first suspect is Norton. Try disabling it completely and

see if the programs still remain in memory. Or try booting to Safe Mode

and see if you still have the same problem.

 

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Terry R.

 

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Guest bocmac
Posted

Re: closed programs still running in task manager

 

just closed as usual either through X or file . no crashes. no hint at any

thing bad till I noticed system slowdown. ive been looking for it since.

thought maybe office issue but unrelated prog. did it tonight

i am stuck in sp3 update at the moment . will see if it happens after if i

ever get out intact.

 

"Terry R." wrote:

> The date and time was 5/27/2008 9:15 PM, and on a whim, bocmac pounded

> out on the keyboard:

>

> > I have noticed lately that after i have closed some programs that they are

> > still running according to the task manager. this has only been noticed last

> > month or so. i have two users set up .i noticed slow down and checked task

> > manager. under my girlfriends account there was say five instances of

> > winword.exe a few publishers running. not all programs seem to stay on but

> > can become significant ram killer. any body else seen this?

> > any suggestions?

> >

> > thanks ,

> >

> > bob

> >

> > win xp pro sp 2 (all current updates)

> > amd athlon 64 x2

> > 3gb ram

> > asus M.B.

> > ati 2600 pro

> > norton 360

>

> Hi Bob,

>

> That is not normal. Programs should terminate when closed. How are

> they being closed? Are they crashing at any time?

>

> Any more my first suspect is Norton. Try disabling it completely and

> see if the programs still remain in memory. Or try booting to Safe Mode

> and see if you still have the same problem.

>

> --

> Terry R.

>

> ***Reply Note***

> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

>

Guest Gerry
Posted

Re: closed programs still running in task manager

 

Closing a Word file does not close Word. You need to close Word.

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

 

bocmac wrote:

> just closed as usual either through X or file . no crashes. no hint

> at any thing bad till I noticed system slowdown. ive been looking

> for it since. thought maybe office issue but unrelated prog. did it

> tonight

> i am stuck in sp3 update at the moment . will see if it happens after

> if i ever get out intact.

>

> "Terry R." wrote:

>

>> The date and time was 5/27/2008 9:15 PM, and on a whim, bocmac

>> pounded out on the keyboard:

>>

>>> I have noticed lately that after i have closed some programs that

>>> they are still running according to the task manager. this has only

>>> been noticed last month or so. i have two users set up .i noticed

>>> slow down and checked task manager. under my girlfriends account

>>> there was say five instances of winword.exe a few publishers

>>> running. not all programs seem to stay on but can become

>>> significant ram killer. any body else seen this?

>>> any suggestions?

>>>

>>> thanks ,

>>>

>>> bob

>>>

>>> win xp pro sp 2 (all current updates)

>>> amd athlon 64 x2

>>> 3gb ram

>>> asus M.B.

>>> ati 2600 pro

>>> norton 360

>>

>> Hi Bob,

>>

>> That is not normal. Programs should terminate when closed. How are

>> they being closed? Are they crashing at any time?

>>

>> Any more my first suspect is Norton. Try disabling it completely and

>> see if the programs still remain in memory. Or try booting to Safe

>> Mode and see if you still have the same problem.

>>

>> --

>> Terry R.

>>

>> ***Reply Note***

>> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

>> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Guest Bob I
Posted

Re: closed programs still running in task manager

 

That would probably be caused by some misbehaving third party add-in for

Office. Your gf clicks the X to close the program but the add-in "hangs"

and so the program doesn't actually finish closing, then she opens

another file and a new instance of the program is started, over and over

till she reboot and kills all the hung applications. So start checking

the add-in's in Office. Adobe acrobat can cause issues like this or

"Office-Add-in" virus scanners, are another bad problem.

 

bocmac wrote:

> I have noticed lately that after i have closed some programs that they are

> still running according to the task manager. this has only been noticed last

> month or so. i have two users set up .i noticed slow down and checked task

> manager. under my girlfriends account there was say five instances of

> winword.exe a few publishers running. not all programs seem to stay on but

> can become significant ram killer. any body else seen this?

> any suggestions?

>

> thanks ,

>

> bob

>

> win xp pro sp 2 (all current updates)

> amd athlon 64 x2

> 3gb ram

> asus M.B.

> ati 2600 pro

> norton 360

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Guest goldman
Posted

Re: closed programs still running in task manager

 

 

I have same problem with several programs. Some close no problem, some

close but are still carrying a pid and listed in windows task manager

or procexp.

 

I have no idea what is causing this and see this now on two separate

machines

 

 

--

goldman


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