Can anyone recommend an application (preferably usb-portable that doesn't require setup)
That really kills a process immediately in windows XP?
I ask this because often when I need to use the XP task manager it seems to want to go about it "the polite way" and sometimes crashed programs don't quit or take a minute to shut down.
I need a real stone cold killer, not a pushover-could-you-please-quit-now-no?-ok-sorry-program
Edit I'm sorry if it wasn't clear previously but I did mean the situation when even the "End process" command in Process tab of the task manager doesn't kill a program, however one of the answers did point me to the "End Process Tree" command which I've never noticed (when right clicking on the process)
Best Answer
If normal Task Manager fails you can get Sysinternals Process Explorer. It allows you to kill services too so it's a lot better then standard TaskMgr. This is useful in case some service has hung that even
stop/restartdoesn't work on it.