I have an Inspiron 9100. I did a clean install with the Windows XP SP2 disc that came with the computer.

 

I cannot stop processes from the taskmanager. Even non-critical processes e.g. NOPBD.exe from NSW Speed Disk program and other non-Norton programs.

 

On my other computer which was installed with an SP1 windows disc that came with the computer and later updated to SP2, this all functions fine.

 

Does anyone encounter this problem and/or have a solution?

 

DF