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Originally Posted by Monty Python
Finally, killing process is useful for troubleshooting purposes. I have met others that kill processes as a regular routine, and it has always struck me as an inefficient, half-aXXed way to do things. Why is killing processes so important, when there are so many other, more-effective ways to manage them ?
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and to follow up, if there are more effective ways to manage them, please share. I am resorting to end process, because to my knowledge, this used to be a surefire way of making sure broken things stopped acting broken (at least in XP) and started working again.
(You do know what I'm talking about right? The whole single instance deal.. etc? and im not just mumbling on like an idiot?)
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and to clarify, you mentioned that some processes are set to restart automatically. I've encountered these before when troubleshooting/cleaning other peoples PCs. The process dissapears from the task manager list, only to pop back up a second later. Unless my computer is soo fast, that this switch isnt even noticeable.. I really doubt the process is restarting, because it stays there, maintaining its position in the list, not closing and restarting itself.