Can XP automatically end all open programs that arent responding?

[justride]

When I press the power button on my PC, I would like XP to close all apps and automatically powerdown. Instead The user must select "End Now" to all programs that are non-responsive. This is for a KIOSK. Any idea how to do this?

 

[captaincrunch00]

The "End Now" thing should count down and give the program either 15 or 20 seconds, then kill it by itself and continue shutting down.

Have you tried just waiting after you hit the power button?

 

[justride]

I waited a few minutes and nothing happened.

 

[justride]

well it countsdown but if a program is nonresponsiver it asks for user to decide what to do by either clicking "end now" or "cancel" this is a kiosk without a mouse/keyboard

 

[trojanman]

How To Automatically close non-responsive programs
When an application crashes, it stops responding and we have to end task it manually through the task manager. By this tweak one can automatically close any application that has stopped responding.
 
1]Start>Run>Regedit>OK
 
2]Now navigate to the following location:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\ Desktop
 
Highlight Desktop,on the right pane of the Registry Editor you will find REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks
 
3]Right click on it and select Modify. Change the value data to 1.The default value data is 0.Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
 
4]Restart the System.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555619&sd=rss&spid=3223

 

[justride]

works so nice, thanks