You can abort any of the system processes that are listed in the processes list. As a regular user, you can abort only the processes that belong to you. However, as the root user, you can kill any system process. For information about using the root account, see "Using the root account."
To stop a process
1. Click Application Starter, Applications, System, Task Viewer.
2. Click the Processes List tab.
3. Click the process you want to kill.
4. Click the Kill Task button.