I've lost My abilty to alt + Ctrl + Del and get to task manager

[XpGuy1]

I can not get into task manager when i do alt,ctrl,del i get the little icon in the tray but when i goto click it it dissappears and i can't get it to open to do anything.. anyone have any ideas?/

 

[Zarband]

Strange problem, never had that happen to me, though in the world of windows new and innovating problems are being experienced on a daily basis. Stupid question coming: "Have you tried rebooting your system?" That seems to be the default fix for almost any windows problem 😀

 

[suicide_pact]

are you running xp pro or home?

 

[j79zlr]

this is common behavior with many viruses, do you have an updated antivirus running as well as all windows updates?

 

[XpGuy1]

I use.. Anti Vir personal edition... I don't have service pk 2 loaded on my pc as of now but all other updates have been installed..

Yeah i did reboot.. but that doesn't help....

 

[XpGuy1]

Running XP pro...

 

[suicide_pact]

I had the same prob w/ a work computer. I think you might need to check your settings in "program access and defaults" I assume you have admin priv.s?

 

[frogg_mann]

I'm sure this has probably already been tryed but try right clicking your task bar? Sounds viral to me though. frogg_mann

 

[FishBoy]

probably some settings changed in the administrative tools

 

[frogg_mann]

Signed in as administrator? This could be it. I'm not sure if that function is disabled while using a guest account. Worth looking into though. frogg_mann

 

[FishBoy]

try adaware scan and then AV scan and then restart

 

[frogg_mann]

XP guy last post Nov 19th. He will have to catch up. frogg_mann