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How To Stop A Current Process In Windows Task Manager

This guide will help to show how to remove a process in your computer. It is essential to stop certain processes so that you can remove the file association with the process. Windows will not allow you to remove the file without stopping the process because the process is using the file.

Please exercise caution when stopping processes. Removing a process which Windows needs can cause damage to your operating system and loss of all unsaved work.

Step 1 – Go to Windows Task Manager. This can be done by pressing Crtl+Alt+Delete at the same time and then clicking Task Manager or right clicking on the task bar at the bottom of your screen and clicking Task Manager

Step 2 – This will bring up the Task Manager. The task manager has all the tasks currently running in the computer.

Step 3 – Choose the task to remove by clicking on the task and then click End Process to remove the process

Rogue Antivirus Program

A rogue antivirus program is a fake antivirus program which attempts to convince the computer user to purchase their software.

The program will scare the user by telling them that they have many viruses on their computer when in reality they may not have any. To convince the buyer that they have viruses on their computer, the program may purposely slow down the computer through malicious tools. Many times, it will make the program use up most or all of your sysytem resources to slow down the computer.

It is important to not pay for the program. The program itself will not due anything, plus, it exposes your credit card number which could be used by them for fradulent transactions.

Two major rogue antivirus program outbreaks of October 2008 are Virus Response Lab 2009 and XP AntiSpyware 2009

How To Remove Registry Values For XP / Vista Guide

This guide will help you to remove values from your registry. The registry has settings on which the system runs on, such as which program to start up when your computer turns on.

Warning: It is important to exercise caution when removing registry values from your registry since you can severely damage your computer. It is best to use a professional or just use a program to automatically find the values which need to be removed.

1. Start by Clicking Start from the bottom left hand side of your screen

2. Click on Run (It is in the Start Menu)

3. In the Run box, type in regedit.exe and hit enter

4. The Registry Editer will come up.

5. You can either choose to navigate around and delete registry values or just search for them. Below is how to search for them.

From the search box, you can find were the registry value is in the registry.

And thats it. This will allow you to make changes to your windows registry. This will work for both XP and Vista.

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