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

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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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.
>

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

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
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Stourport, England
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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.

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

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

I am having exactly the same problem. Mine is not specific to Office applications, pretty much most things when I start them and close the application by pressing "X" the program is still running in the processes tab of task manager. As an example I had 12 instances of Outlook running earlier, loads of MSAccess, 2 of Coreldraw... all applications I use.

If anyone can shed some light i would be grateful. The only recent changes I have made to my system are XP Service Pack 3 and installed Norton 360 version 2.

Any help appreciated.


Neil

I have exactly the same problem and can't figure it out yet. It happens with several applictions as well, adobe photoshop, ms office, studio (pinnacle), etc... Please if someone finds out how to correct or solve this, please post it.