What's this program running on my machine?

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How'd you send it? Seems like her wireless phone company is the only place to turn for help.

i learnt a lot from ur site .... thanks a lot leo

I can't seem to get rid of msn (i think it's version 4.7) It won't remove from my add/remove programs lists.... I had originally tried to remove it so I could use versions 7.5, but 7.5 won't work on my laptop and 4.7 won't go!
I am not familiar with most of the technical stuff with computers.. but I can usually add and remove proigrams no probs!
thanks Karlye

This article may help: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_uninstall_windows_messenger.html

i have some programs running on my windows xp that are running under the users name, ive run spy bot, ive downloaded the process explorer and it wont see them, if i use task manager to stop the process, it just restarts itself, ive searched the registry for refernces to the file names running and got rid of them there but they still show up in task manager, i found the some files in Windows/system32 but you can delete it because there in use, if i go to safe mode you cant find them in the windows explorer, im frustrated, the file names are veumb.exe and xcpji.exe. the second file is in the start up folder and you can get rid of it there either. can someone help? i didnt find anything in the articles to get me movin but this is a great site

I have an annoying warning A DECK SCROLLBAR OUT OF RANGE what is it and how to get rid of it please

Whenever I shut down, I get the "End Now" box telling me there's a program running that needs to stop before I can shut down. There is an option to Cancel (to return to windows) or "End Now" (and I will lose any unsaved information ..." The name of the program is Sample--that's it -- just "Sample" -- what on earth is "Sample?" For months -- in vain, I've searched this computer inside and out and I cannot find anything called "Sample" that resembles a program. Sometimes I think I get it narrowed down to a graphic program of some sort-who knows? I cannot get rid of it - it a persistant rascal and even survived a major crash last Sunday! If you can solve this one for me - I'll dance at your wedding, or your retirement party, whichever comes first.

I would use Process Explorer, referred to in the article, to see if you can identify which of the processes might be titled "Sample".

I WANT TO END SOME OF THE PROCESSES RUNNING ON MY COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING MY COMPUTER SLOWER... HOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONES NOT TO END, WHICH ONES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND WHICH ONES I CAN END???

thank you very much for solving my problems with my pc. you have a wonderful site. thank you again

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