[help] When i quit programs, they stay active

this is driving me nuts. i close a program, and in task manager its still there, clogging up resourses! i try to end it and it wont end! i have windows xp sp2.

pops

#219884

So, are the programs under "processes" or "programs" in task manager? If they are in "processes", what happens when you try to end the process?

#219885

they are under processes, when i try to end the process i get nothing it just staysthe same and i tryto rstart normall so i go to do that and it says end task CCAPP or something liek that, then i click end and it doesnt restart, so i go to restart it again and it doesnt do anything. im also getting an error like USRPRBDA.exe failed to initialize, click ok to terminate the application. thats a us robotics thing and i dont know if that has to do with anything or not

#219886

kill the explorer.exe process, and then from the task manager list choose file > new task (run...) > explorer

maybe this will help, although I doubt it will.

#219887

hmm ok i finally restarted, everything seems fine now, but everytimei shut off my computer i still get that URS error, how doi fix that?

#219889

Well, if you're not using the US Robotics modem (assuming you have one, based on the background process) you can use MSConfig (Startup Tab, very right) to disable the USRPRBDA.exe process from starting when you start Windows.

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