How to kill process on Remote Desktop Connection?

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user118190 picture user118190 · Mar 29, 2010 · Viewed 55k times · Source

I am working remotely on a Windows Server via Remote Desktop Connection and some process has hung the server. I looked up how to bring up the Task Manager remote (equivalent of locally doing CTRL+ALT+DEL) and I found CTRL+ALT+END and it doesn't seem to work.

I tried logging off and logging back on and the system is still up (tried earlier seeing the properties of My Comptuer, FYI).

Does anyone know how I can escape this 'hindrance' and star fresh?!?

Answer

Friedrich picture Friedrich · Mar 29, 2010

Start the task manager with e.g right-clicking in the bottom right or just start it manually with taskmgr in "execute"

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