I don't think you need a program to shut things down in WinXP. XP is different than Win9x. You may want to shut down running applications which you can do by right clicking on the task bar and selecting Task Manager. On the applications tab, shut down the applications if you want to by selecting them and choosing end task. You will see another list of things called Processes that are running. I'd leave those alone.
I'm going to utter some heresy here. I don't ever shut down running applications to install programs with exception of maybe Office or some major program that is going to replace system files during the install. I really think that that warning in the install programs is a left over from Win95 and no one ever changed it. I install dozens of programs a week for testing and don't shut down anything. With the new install routines if a file in use needs to be replaced it will ask you to reboot so that it can do it. Ben Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Installing new software in Windows XP > Ed, > > Thanks for the reply. I have been using End-It-All on my Win98 > system for some time and am very happy with it. I didn't know that > it would work with XP also. > > What I was getting at in my original post was that in WinXP, what > are the equivalent(s) to explorer and systray in Win98? In other > words, after you use End-It-All to shut down your background apps, > what items do you leave running so that the OS is still running? > > Eric Neef > Beverly Hills, Michigan > > > ----- Reply to Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Eric, > > I use EndItAll with Win-XP to close my running programs. > > Even though it isn't listed as compatible, I have never had a > problem > > http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%3D1478%26a%3D10165,00.asp > > > > HTH > > Ed -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
