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    Tyrone Guest

    Closing programs

    With windows xp you only needed to ctrl-alt-del to view running programs and
    close them, before installing new software. How do you close programs for xp?
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    Re: Closing programs

    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrone View Post
    With windows xp you only needed to ctrl-alt-del to view running programs and
    close them, before installing new software. How do you close programs for xp?
    --
    Tyrone
    Hi Tyrone,

    Did you mean in Vista?

    If so, you can press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager to close non-responding programs. You can see more on this in this tutorial if needed.

    Task Manager - Open and Close Applications and Processes

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

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    DL Guest

    Re: Closing programs

    That doesnt neccessarily show all running programs, unless you are also
    refering to 'running processes'
    Simply close those that show in your task bar, generally by rt clicking on
    them to bring up the context menu

    "Tyrone" <Tyrone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > With windows xp you only needed to ctrl-alt-del to view running programs
    > and
    > close them, before installing new software. How do you close programs for
    > xp?
    > --
    > Tyrone


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    Re: Closing programs

    Yes, I meant "XP", and thanks!, very much!!
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    "Brink" wrote:

    >
    > Tyrone;709482 Wrote:

    > > With windows xp you only needed to ctrl-alt-del to view running programs
    > > and
    > > close them, before installing new software. How do you close programs
    > > for xp?
    > > --
    > > Tyrone
    >
    > Hi Tyrone,
    >
    > Did you mean in Vista?
    >
    > If so, you can press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager to close
    > non-responding programs. You can see more on this in this tutorial if
    > needed.
    >
    > Task Manager - Open and Close Applications and Processes
    >
    > Hope this helps,
    > Shawn
    >
    >
    > --
    > Brink
    >
    > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
    > them.*
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    >

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    Tyrone Guest

    Re: Closing programs

    Thanks, DL!!
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    Tyrone


    "DL" wrote:

    > That doesnt neccessarily show all running programs, unless you are also
    > refering to 'running processes'
    > Simply close those that show in your task bar, generally by rt clicking on
    > them to bring up the context menu
    >
    > "Tyrone" <Tyrone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:181B7E11-C66B-4DA3-BFE3-A352FBF2F4AB@xxxxxx

    > > With windows xp you only needed to ctrl-alt-del to view running programs
    > > and
    > > close them, before installing new software. How do you close programs for
    > > xp?
    > > --
    > > Tyrone
    >
    >
    >

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    Re: Closing programs

    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrone View Post
    Yes, I meant "XP", and thanks!, very much!!
    --
    Tyrone


    "Brink" wrote:
    >
    > Tyrone;709482 Wrote:
    >
    > Hi Tyrone,
    >
    > Did you mean in Vista?
    >
    > If so, you can press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager to close
    > non-responding programs. You can see more on this in this tutorial if
    > needed.
    >
    > Task Manager - Open and Close Applications and Processes
    >
    > Hope this helps,
    > Shawn
    >
    >
    > --
    > Brink
    >
    > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
    > them.*
    > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
    > *Please post feedback to help others.*
    >
    Your welcome Tyrone. Did these posts help fix your problem?

    Shawn

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