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Pop_Smith
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_ 		14. June 2008 @ 05:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Earlier this week I updated my BIOS on a Dell Inspiron 1720 I have. Since its a laptop, and doesn't have a floppy, I updated it via a Windows exe file I got from the Dell website.

While the update went fine, updating my BIOS from A02 to A08 I can't delete the exe, when I try Windows claims its "in use".

Also, I can't see the exe's name in the "processes" list so I can't "end" it.

Thanks for any help, sorry if this is in the wrong section, the other place I thought of putting it was "All other topics" but it seemed to fit here better.

Peace
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ddp
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_ 		14. June 2008 @ 12:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try deleting it in safemode & see if it is in msconfig\startup. try this program.
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/spyware/KillBox.exe
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Pop_Smith
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_ 		14. June 2008 @ 13:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks ddp, I couldn't get it to delete in safemode and it wasn't in the startup tab of msconfig. However, I then used KillBox which got rid of it.
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ddp
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_ 		14. June 2008 @ 20:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no problem.
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