Killing a process that reports "Access Denied"

parasoul · 1st October 2007, 16:59

Unable to kill process
Access is denied.

Is a little log from PsKill. Also Taskmanager cannot kill the process either.

Is there a way to kill a process even though we don't have "access" to it?

And yes, I'm logged on as an administrator

kichik · 1st October 2007, 19:42

Are you talking about Vista or XP? Vista has some protected processes that, according to what I've heard, no one can touch.

If it's XP, that's just weird... Maybe some GPO setting?

Anders · 1st October 2007, 20:25

http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=35 might be able to help with protected processes on vista

parasoul · 1st October 2007, 20:47

It's with XP.

I remember nsProcess:Killprocess would do the job but I installed the plugin and it's telling me nsProcess:Killprocess is an invalid command. Can someone please find me the whole nsProcess plugin?
Thanks again!

Anders · 1st October 2007, 21:27

the actual export is called nsProcess::_KillProcess (not sure why it has the underscore to be honest)

are you using the nsProcess.nsh include file and its macros?

parasoul · 1st October 2007, 22:25

Yeah I fixed the nsProcess problem, but it still cannot kill that process. Any more ideas?

Anders · 1st October 2007, 22:29

might help if you can tell us what process it is

1st October 2007, 16:59	#1
parasoul Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 75	Killing a process that reports "Access Denied" Unable to kill process Access is denied. Is a little log from PsKill. Also Taskmanager cannot kill the process either. Is there a way to kill a process even though we don't have "access" to it? And yes, I'm logged on as an administrator

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kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,338	Are you talking about Vista or XP? Vista has some protected processes that, according to what I've heard, no one can touch. If it's XP, that's just weird... Maybe some GPO setting? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,813	http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=35 might be able to help with protected processes on vista IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

1st October 2007, 21:27	#5
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,813	the actual export is called nsProcess::_KillProcess (not sure why it has the underscore to be honest) are you using the nsProcess.nsh include file and its macros? IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

1st October 2007, 22:29	#7
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 2,813	might help if you can tell us what process it is IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

1st October 2007, 20:47	#4
parasoul Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 75	It's with XP. I remember nsProcess:Killprocess would do the job but I installed the plugin and it's telling me nsProcess:Killprocess is an invalid command. Can someone please find me the whole nsProcess plugin? Thanks again!

1st October 2007, 22:25	#6
parasoul Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 75	Yeah I fixed the nsProcess problem, but it still cannot kill that process. Any more ideas?

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