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Q. I have a process that I can't kill. What can I do?

A. If you've tried to stop a process using Task Manager, taskkill /f from the command line, and even the Sysinternals tool PsKill, but the process is still running, it's likely become stuck in kernel mode and won't be able to be stopped. This is a time when trying a reboot is realistically your only choice.

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