Kill process (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 6 of Windows Server Cookbook

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' This code terminates the specified process.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "Windows Server Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
' ISBN: 0-596-00633-0
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
intPID = 2560   ' PID of the process to terminate
strComputer = "."
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
WScript.Echo "Process PID: " & intPID
set objWMIProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & _
                    "\root\cimv2:Win32_Process.Handle='" & intPID & "'")
WScript.Echo "Process name: " & objWMIProcess.Name
intRC = objWMIProcess.Terminate() 
if intRC = 0 Then
   Wscript.Echo "Successfully killed process."
else
   Wscript.Echo "Could not kill process. Error code: " & intRC
end if

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