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Next open Task Manager (right click on the taskbar then select Task Manager ) and make sure the PID column is visible (may need to use horizontal scroll bar to scroll to the right to see PID column).

The reason for this is that pskill will be in your executable environment path so you can just type the command, with out specifying the full path to the folder and file location.

Open the PsTools folder and copy pskill.exe to your System32 folder.

Download PsTools from Microsoft site, and unzip to your desktop.

To use PsKill, you want to get things setup first: PsKill is bundled with Sysinternals PsTools which is a collection of command line tools for Windows computers. PsKill requires no installation and is a stand alone executable that is run from the command line. What you need is a utility that can kill and terminate stubborn processes, the first time, using PsKill from Microsoft Sysinternals. But that's too risky and more times than not will cause loss of data or system boot problems.

Well, having pesky processes, that refuse to terminate and continues to hog CPU cycles, can be frustrating to the point where you just want to hit the power button and shut down.