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I'm new to the C# language and .Net Visual Studio 2003 environment, and I've got an aggravating problem. I have a C# windows form application which launches another form, and when I close down the app ...

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Q. When I go to my Windows XP “Task Manager” screen and look at the processes, there are usually 60 of them running. What really NEEDS to be running? How do I know what ones I should end process, and ...

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