Groupmanager.ex - Preventing shutdown!
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Press start and in the search box type in "msconfig.exe".
Inside msconfig, click on the start up tab and look for groupmanager.exe
When you find groupmanager.exe, look at the "command" list that is next to the name and go to that area in windows explorer. then in task manager, close the process and delete it permanently by pressing shift+delete when you highlight the file.
I don't know how to use command prompt
Inside msconfig, click on the start up tab and look for groupmanager.exe
When you find groupmanager.exe, look at the "command" list that is next to the name and go to that area in windows explorer. then in task manager, close the process and delete it permanently by pressing shift+delete when you highlight the file.
I don't know how to use command prompt
Same problem
I too am experiencing this problem, and I have no idea how this file could have infected my system. I'm not ignorant to the realm of computer security and am even referred to as paranoid considering the different layers of security I've deployed on my system.
Anyway, I followed the advice given above and have disabled the process from restarting at boot. The problem I'm having though is in actually deleting the file itself.
Following the information given to me via MSCONFIG, I determined that on my system the file is resident at C:\Windows\System32\groupmanager.exe However, when I browse to that location (or even do a full system search) there is no such file with that name listed (Anywhere on the system).
I thought perhaps the file was marked as "hidden" or "protected system file" so I made those file types viewable and still no joy.
Does anyone have any idea why I cannot seem to "view" this file in the location it resides as per MSCONFIG?
Thank you in advance,
Melchiah.
I too am experiencing this problem, and I have no idea how this file could have infected my system. I'm not ignorant to the realm of computer security and am even referred to as paranoid considering the different layers of security I've deployed on my system.
Anyway, I followed the advice given above and have disabled the process from restarting at boot. The problem I'm having though is in actually deleting the file itself.
Following the information given to me via MSCONFIG, I determined that on my system the file is resident at C:\Windows\System32\groupmanager.exe However, when I browse to that location (or even do a full system search) there is no such file with that name listed (Anywhere on the system).
I thought perhaps the file was marked as "hidden" or "protected system file" so I made those file types viewable and still no joy.
Does anyone have any idea why I cannot seem to "view" this file in the location it resides as per MSCONFIG?
Thank you in advance,
Melchiah.
Rastalovich
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If u open a command shell and run:
dir C:\Windows\System32\groupmanager.exe
If it lists, it's there, if it doesn't, it's not
If it's there and ur sure it's not running in TaskManager, u can then run:
delete C:\Windows\System32\groupmanager.exe
Explorer can lie to u, especially if it's caching.
dir C:\Windows\System32\groupmanager.exe
If it lists, it's there, if it doesn't, it's not
If it's there and ur sure it's not running in TaskManager, u can then run:
delete C:\Windows\System32\groupmanager.exe
Explorer can lie to u, especially if it's caching.
