Are there any known issues with Task Manager? (W2K)

[kef999]

Currently, are there any known issues with Task Manager, in Win2K Pro?

Invariably, when I try to shut down a misbehaving program using Cntrl/Alt/Del, Task Manager won't work properly, and I have to shut down the whole PC instead (from within Task Manager). Sometimes, Task Manager gets into a real mess and it takes me several different attempts to shut things down sensibly. When TM screws up like this, the TM graphic shows 100% CPU usage!!!

Fortunately, I always seem to be able to reboot and then everything's okay again. Windows appears unharmed.

I'm fairly convinced myself that there's a bug in Task Manager, but has anyone else had problems like these?

My Windows is Win2K Pro + Service Pack 2 + hard disk cache writeback hotfix.

[Paul S]

If this is happening frequently then there must be something wrong with your installation. The 'problem' does occur but this is usually linked to the application you are trying to close. If the file is protected then the OS will not let you close it without a fight! If you find the PID you can usually close it that way. For example MS Word's PID is winword.exe.

That's my thoughts on your post.

<font color=green>Paul</font color=green>

[king_ging]

right click the application in taskmanager select go to process and you will get the pid(most of the time)

[kef999]

Thanks for those thoughts. I can't imagine that there's anything wrong with my installation of either Win2K or my apps, as I've been absolutely meticulous about it and, apart from this problem with Task Manager, Windows and my various apps work perfectly.

What's particularly noticeable is that, when Task Manager screws up like this, it shows my CPU's usage as 100%. Small wonder I then have difficulty winding things up!

I'm not alone in having this problem. Mine's a home-based standalone machine but I have an ex-colleague who's encountered this on his corporate machine and, as yet, his organisation hasn't found an answer for it.

Any further comments would be welcomed.

BTW, my Windows installation consists of:

Win2K Pro + SP2 + HD cache writeback hotfix.

All of my apps are bona fide full versions, eg MS Office 2000, Adobe PE, Nero 5.5, etc.