In XP killing an app usually meant just using Task Manager. Sometimes
Sysinternals pskill. But it nearly always worked.

Now I have a situation where a normal app (Shareaza) hangs, and is not
killable. Taskman tries to kill it, but after issuing the command nothing
happens. Pskill just hangs in the attempt.

When the app hangs, Vista refuses to restart or shutdown. I have to use the
hardware reset.

Are there some other tools I can use for killing of this app?
Are the (former) Sysinternals apps usable on Vista at all?

Other suggestions?

<notnoisy@alexandria.cc> wrote in message
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> In XP killing an app usually meant just using Task Manager. Sometimes
> Sysinternals pskill. But it nearly always worked.
>
> Now I have a situation where a normal app (Shareaza) hangs, and is not
> killable. Taskman tries to kill it, but after issuing the command nothing
> happens. Pskill just hangs in the attempt.
>
> When the app hangs, Vista refuses to restart or shutdown. I have to use
> the hardware reset.
>
> Are there some other tools I can use for killing of this app?
> Are the (former) Sysinternals apps usable on Vista at all?
>
> Other suggestions?

Try another application? There are many about it seems. Perhaps its just
not compatible with Vista yet.