How can I automatically kill hung processes when I logoff?

A. When you tell NT to shut down, it first sends shutdown requests toany running processes. Most 32-bit applications honour these requests and shutdown, but older 16-bit apps running in the Virtual DOS Machine often won't.When this occurs, the operating system prompts you with a dialog box asking ifyou want to kill the task, wait for the task to die on its own, or cancel theshutdown. By modifying the Registry, you can automate this process.

You can force NT to kill all running processes on shutdown by performing thefollowing:

You can also add this key to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop fornew users to inherit.