On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:30:21 +0300, in a clarity of expression
resembling Cicero, Lance Delacroix <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm>
wrote:

>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 1324 GMT, Frank Lynch
><frank.lynch2SPAMLESS@verizon.net> prounounced a fatwah thus:
>
>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 03:16:39 GMT, in a clarity of expression
>>resembling Cicero, Frank Lynch <frank.lynch2SPAMLESS@verizon.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:03:09 GMT, in a clarity of expression
>>>resembling Cicero, data64 <xxx@xxx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Frank Lynch <frank.lynch2SPAMLESS@verizon.net> wrote in
>>>>news:fa6ffvocn9tg24h7slpbkf7d5ahqbqe5qp@4ax.co m:
>>>>
>>>>...snip...
>>>>> At these times, the Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del) shows a blank
>>>>> (unidentified) program running, last in the list. I cannot highlight
>>>>> this line and stop this task only. But it does go away when I close
>>>>> the browser -- unless I close everything so fast and try to shut down
>>>>> the machine (through 'start'), and in some of these instances the shut
>>>>> down is held up while waiting for this unnamed program to close (I get
>>>>> an alert that it has not shut down and do i want to end that task
>>>>> directly or wait or cancel); the name of the program in the blue title
>>>>> bar at the top of the window is missing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Try using ProcessExplorer from SysInternals to identify the mystery
>>>>process.
>>>>http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../procexp.shtml
>>>
>>>Thanks for the suggestion, I downloaded it, (ran it through virus
>>>scan) and installed it. I see the program in Task Manager, but there
>>>are no blank lines in the Process column of Process Explorer's top
>>>table.
>>
>>Actually, I just noticed (when task manager showed its blank line)
>>there IS a blank line all the way at the bottom, below the last
>>listing. The blank line has no details, cannot be highlighted to show
>>additional information, and disappears after closing Opera. Unlike
>>other programs which turn red in the process of closing, this line
>>does not.
>
>Can the process indicated by that line be killed?
>

Don't I have to be able to highlight it (select it) in order to kill
it?


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