118 processes of symerr.exe?

Hi All,

 

I had some problems w/ my computer locking up.  I closed the offending program and noticed I have 118 processes of symerr.exe running under user SYSTEM.  I'm unable to close them (since they're SYSTEM), and I can't reboot since I have another program running that takes days to complete.

 

Does anyone know how to close these processes and why I would have so many running?

 

Thanks,

Tom