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Port 8000, PID 4, not able to kill, taskill /f /pid 4, Access Denied

I am not able to kill process bound to 8000 port, due to which I am not able to start HTTP server. This is in reference to question
Start HTTP/HTTPS server, python -m SimpleHTTPServer

C:>taskkill /f /pid 4
ERROR: The process with PID 4 could not be terminated.
Reason: Access is denied.


Even killing by below is not working which I found somewhere.

C:>taskkill /f /s localhost /pid 4
ERROR: The process with PID 4 could not be terminated.
Reason: Access Denied.


PID 4 is system process, what might be running on there, how do I stop it, why are other ports is a similar fashion listening.

C:>netstat -ab

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:135 garg10may-PC:0 LISTENING
RpcSs
[svchost.exe]
TCP 0.0.0.0:443 garg10may-PC:0 LISTENING
[vmware-hostd.exe]
TCP 0.0.0.0:445 garg10may-PC:0 LISTENING
Can not obtain ownership information
TCP 0.0.0.0:902 garg10may-PC:0 LISTENING
[vmware-authd.exe]
TCP 0.0.0.0:912 garg10may-PC:0 LISTENING
[vmware-authd.exe]
TCP 0.0.0.0:8000 garg10may-PC:0 LISTENING
Can not obtain ownership information

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