How do I close background programs?

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Jeff

I have a scanner problem and to reload software it's
telling me to shut down programs that are running in the
background.

I can identify that they're running via System
Administrator, but can't figure out how to close them.
 
If there isn't a smooth method (e.g. GUI or stop script), then kill should
work. Find the pid(s) and kill them.

You can use tslist.exe and kill.exe for this - I think they are in the res
kit. Or you can use pslist and pskill (free d/l) from www.sysinternals.com
..

Or you can use task manager and try to end the processes.

Joe
 
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