yeah... that confused me for a little while. especially after i read posts
from some geeks in other forums where they talk about XP, 2k, NT and stuff
that makes them sound like they arent communicating in English.

since this is a Vista forum, i thought that thing URL may apply to Vista
too, even though its not on the list.

oh well, nvm. thanks for clearing up anyway.

thats wat u think.

firefox locks up on me for no rhyme or reason. wat trolling? this is
PERSONAL experience, for goodness sake. and right now, im damned pissed that
i have to do a hardware restart everytime firefox hangs for no good reason,
because it just wont shut down or restart.

good for u that apps dun lock up on u, if u searched around, this problem is
COMMON. jeez.

"I may be stupid because I don't get it!"

this is probably beacuse u did not read the original post.

btw, this problem is not just restricted to firefox; other users have said
that winamp, and other apps hang on them. since i only use my laptop for work
only, i cited only firefox. u can read OTHER programs that hang for no good
reasons throughout the thread.

but to answer u properly; the problem is i CANT KILL a hung process (see
original post, and topic title). i have no problems with processes hanging,
until i used Vista, coz i cant kill em, and no kill = no restart OS.

System Spec: Duo Core 1.7GHz
Memory: 3GB

for the problem and description, it was stated in the original post. but
since im quite free now, i will describe it in greater detail:

After using firefox (or just open the browser and leave it for about
5-30mins, depending on the computer's mood), i find that i cannot surf the
web; the new pages are not displaying at all. A check at the network icon
shows that im still connected to the net.

So, browser problem right? fine. i click on the X button, and the window
closes, no visible instances of firefox running now.

then, i open another instance of firefox. it tells me that an instance is
open and so it cannot open another (or something like that) and i need to
restart/shut down my computer.

a check using Process Explorer shows that the firefox.exe is still running.
try to kill it using Process Explorer, doesnt work.
"taskkill /im <pid>" in command prompt doesnt work too. it says that the
force kill signal is sent, but the app is still running.

network problem? no. other apps, including IE still works.

so, the OS unable to force kill a process is Firefox's problem?

basically, no kill = no restart = hardware off and on = not good.

honestly, just tell me how to kill a hung process, and i'll be happy.