How to kill a process through a DOS prompt in NT

[Wizzah]

In Windows NT, using a dos prompt from my system how can I stop a program
from running on a remote PC. Example:

An agent has Nt_rec.exe running on their machine in Columbus. When this
program loads upon startup it is grabbing the information from the agents
AGENT.INI file which has an incorrect IP address. My script goes out and
updates the IP to the correct address. I now need to STOP nt_rec.exe
from running on the agents machine, and restart it. Restarting it is not a
problem, but I do not know the command to stop a program. The stations in
Columbus are so locked down so the agent can not even hit CNTRL-ALT-DEL to
see the task manager. The login script over there for them is writing the
wrong IP everytime they login, so I need to runt his script until the change
management freeze is over. If there is not a command through NT, do you
know of a small program which could do this?

 

[MustangSVT]

might wanna try tech support forum. on this forum we ask questions like "Ali vs Bruce Lee", "Bigmac vs. Whopper".... sigh...

 

[prodigy]

format c: should kill plenty o' processes.

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

I think the command is kill 'task number'

 

[DarkRipper]

LOL

My first thought was "This is OFF TOPIC?" LOL

Yeah, what the last guy said should work.


DR

 

There is a kill command in the NT Resource Kit. You can use 'tlist' to get a process list and 'kill' to nuke the unwanted process. Kill is way better at killing stubborn tasks than the process list applet.

 

[ElFenix]

theres no DOS promt in Windows NT. sorry.