Does anyone know how to get rid of SMSS.exe?

[LaPera]

Will spyware doctor or Adware Spyware do the trick?

This thing is driving me crazy, it runs in the backround and I can't shut down XP one the first try.

[Kierkegaard]

1. You can't get rid of it.

It's part of the XP operating system.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. Adware should do the trick .

only if its spyware but like the poster above said , its part of the XP Operating system .

[LaPera]

3. Thanks, But how come it interferes with my shuting down windows?

It just lingers and then goes into error and then ask Do I want to send error to microsoft?

[miss_kitty]

4. yeah I inundate them with shit

I always send. It gives them something to not do.

[Kierkegaard]

5. Try this...

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1089035893

[arcos]

6. rename it...

if after a couple of days nothing bad happens, you can safely delete it

[PoiBoy]

7. Another link for you...

check this site...

http://www.answersthatwork.com/

and look smss.exe up in the Task List section

<snip>
Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 only. SMSS is the Session Manager SubSystem. SMSS’s purpose is to start, manage, and delete user sessions (or client sessions under Terminal Server). Under Terminal Server the management part includes dealing with the different subsystems (OS/2, Win32, POSIX) which a client session may wish to run.

Recommendation :
An integral part of the operating system, leave alone.
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Answers That Work is a very informative site IMO... I use it a lot to identify all those mysterious thingies running in my task list...:hi: