Hi

I have a win2k server with multiple cmd.exe pids displaying in the task manager under the process tab. These PID's can not be deleted via the task manager (access denied) but I have found the kill.exe utility which did the job

My question relates to how can I discover which application(s) are spawning these "hung" cmd.exe processes. I originally thought that they be some sort of virus but the server's virus protection (norton's) has been kept up to date and multiple scans do not show any viruses. The cmd.exe's are spawning at a rate of 2 to 6 per day

I appreciate any help you may have about this issue.

Sounds like a scheduled task or another process is spawning them. Copy
msconfig from an XP machine and run it to see what resources are starting
and what services.

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manager (access denied) but I have found the kill.exe utility which did the
job.
some sort of virus but the server's virus protection (norton's) has been
kept up to date and multiple scans do not show any viruses. The cmd.exe's
are spawning at a rate of 2 to 6 per day.

Thanks Rich. That was a great call. Tried it out and thought it would do the trick but there are only 3 programs that start up automatically and none of them seem to be programs that would cause cmd.exe's to spawn and hang

Any other thoughts

Thanks