I am using a sever with 2008 r2 installed on it, and I am having some problems with an unwanted process which keeps appearing and annoying other applications. However, I cannot find a function which will allow me to kill the process for all the users on the server, as I cant change the user privileges to admin, as its not on remote machine (i tried this using taskkill). Hopefully I have managed to explain this coherently, and that someone knows a way to help me. Thanks in advance.

Joenix, is this question related to Microsoft Projects? Thanks, Kashif

I think I may have dropped it in the wrong forum section, thanks for noticing.....

Hello, What is this process? If it is related to an application then uninstall the application or contact its developer Technical Support for assistance. If you suspect that it belongs to a malware program / virus then perform a full scan on your server and check the output. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Designing and Providing Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Trainer

what are the unnecessary processes.if it is a known virus you can block them using a av.anyway u can use simple powershell script for stop the process/es.Darshana Jayathilake

The process is a scanner monitor which is activated when one of my users has used the scanner, however when this process is active, it seems that when others try to use the scanner, it causes issues. I have, however, find it difficult to write a script to end it because it appears under different users, and because they have no admin privileges, they cannot alter each others processes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, Probably an important question to get clarity on first is this: is this process required in order for the scanner to function? If it is, then there's really no sound way to automate the process termination. If it is not required as part of the scanning process at all, then you might get more milage out of preventing it from running at all, rather than taking stabs in the dark with terminating the process. You can prevent processes from running at all with group policy (local or domain) via Software Restriction Policies (read about them here), or even through simpler mechanics like uninstalling the software component or possibly even just renaming the relevant executable or library. Killing the process could be automated through the use of a scheduled task running under the system account, but this comes with the risk that if it's needed, it could cause operational failures if it's killed at an inappropriate time. Hence, it's probably not a wise option to pursue. Cheers, Lain

If you are still looking for a way to kill the process you could try something like this: create a batch file containing this: runas /user:domain\admin /savecrd "c:\task kill\kill2.bat" and then the batch file kill2.bat: taskkill /F /IM "your process" change domain\admin to a vaild domain admin acount and the path the bach files, also you are going to have to login once on all user acounts that need to run the bach files and provide the admin password, after that it will be stored in the users profile.