I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task Manager
using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access Task Manager using
this method, but it stopped working several days ago.

Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user profile
name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the "administrator".

Any suggestions?

Thank you,

Kjud

To start Task Manager:

Ctrl + Alt + Delete
Ctrl + Shift + Esc
Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
----

Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome screen
is turned off.

Turn on the Welcome screen...
1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon check
box.
4. Click OK.

Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens Task
Manager
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access Task
> Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days ago.
>
> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
> "administrator".
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kjud

Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.

Some additional information:

1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my user name
and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".

2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same thing
happened as described in 1. above.





"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> To start Task Manager:
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
> ----
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
> screen
> is turned off.
>
> Turn on the Welcome screen...
> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
> check
> box.
> 4. Click OK.
>
> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens Task
> Manager
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access Task
>> Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days ago.
>>
>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>> "administrator".
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Kjud
>

Perhaps Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint" mode?

Task Manager Menu Bar and Tabs Are Not Visible:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193050


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.

Some additional information:

1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my user name
and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".

2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same thing
happened as described in 1. above.





"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> To start Task Manager:
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
> ----
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
> screen
> is turned off.
>
> Turn on the Welcome screen...
> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
> check
> box.
> 4. Click OK.
>
> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens Task
> Manager
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access Task
>> Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days ago.
>>
>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>> "administrator".
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Kjud
>

You are right, it was running in Tiny Footprint mode. The problem is now
solved. Thank you very much, I spent hours trying to correct the problem.

"Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Perhaps Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint" mode?

Task Manager Menu Bar and Tabs Are Not Visible:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193050


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.

Some additional information:

1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my user name
and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".

2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same thing
happened as described in 1. above.





"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> To start Task Manager:
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
> ----
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
> screen
> is turned off.
>
> Turn on the Welcome screen...
> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
> check
> box.
> 4. Click OK.
>
> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens Task
> Manager
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access Task
>> Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days ago.
>>
>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>> "administrator".
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Kjud
>

This is why Ramesh gets the big bucks. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> You are right, it was running in Tiny Footprint mode. The problem is
> now solved. Thank you very much, I spent hours trying to correct the
> problem.
>
> "Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Perhaps Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint" mode?
>
> Task Manager Menu Bar and Tabs Are Not Visible:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193050
>
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.
>
> Some additional information:
>
> 1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my
> user name and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".
>
> 2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same
> thing happened as described in 1. above.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> To start Task Manager:
>>
>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
>> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
>> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
>> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
>> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
>> ----
>>
>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
>> screen
>> is turned off.
>>
>> Turn on the Welcome screen...
>> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
>> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
>> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
>> check
>> box.
>> 4. Click OK.
>>
>> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens
>> Task Manager
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
>> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access
>>> Task Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>>> "administrator".
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Kjud

That was a stab in the dark, Wes :-)

big bucks ? ;-)

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
This is why Ramesh gets the big bucks. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> You are right, it was running in Tiny Footprint mode. The problem is
> now solved. Thank you very much, I spent hours trying to correct the
> problem.
>
> "Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Perhaps Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint" mode?
>
> Task Manager Menu Bar and Tabs Are Not Visible:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193050
>
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.
>
> Some additional information:
>
> 1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my
> user name and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".
>
> 2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same
> thing happened as described in 1. above.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> To start Task Manager:
>>
>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
>> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
>> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
>> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
>> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
>> ----
>>
>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
>> screen
>> is turned off.
>>
>> Turn on the Welcome screen...
>> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
>> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
>> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
>> check
>> box.
>> 4. Click OK.
>>
>> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens
>> Task Manager
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
>> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access
>>> Task Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>>> "administrator".
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Kjud

You're welcome.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
You are right, it was running in Tiny Footprint mode. The problem is now
solved. Thank you very much, I spent hours trying to correct the problem.

"Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Perhaps Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint" mode?

Task Manager Menu Bar and Tabs Are Not Visible:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193050


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.

Some additional information:

1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my user name
and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".

2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same thing
happened as described in 1. above.





"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> To start Task Manager:
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
> ----
>
> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
> screen
> is turned off.
>
> Turn on the Welcome screen...
> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
> check
> box.
> 4. Click OK.
>
> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens Task
> Manager
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access Task
>> Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days ago.
>>
>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>> "administrator".
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Kjud
>

Just out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the Tiny Footprint mode? I
have never seen it mentioned before. I searched the Microsoft data base and
found very little information about it.

Thanks again.

Kjud



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
That was a stab in the dark, Wes :-)

big bucks ? ;-)

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
This is why Ramesh gets the big bucks. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> You are right, it was running in Tiny Footprint mode. The problem is
> now solved. Thank you very much, I spent hours trying to correct the
> problem.
>
> "Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Perhaps Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint" mode?
>
> Task Manager Menu Bar and Tabs Are Not Visible:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193050
>
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.
>
> Some additional information:
>
> 1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my
> user name and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".
>
> 2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same
> thing happened as described in 1. above.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> To start Task Manager:
>>
>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
>> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
>> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
>> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
>> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
>> ----
>>
>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
>> screen
>> is turned off.
>>
>> Turn on the Welcome screen...
>> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
>> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
>> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
>> check
>> box.
>> 4. Click OK.
>>
>> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens
>> Task Manager
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
>> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access
>>> Task Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>>> "administrator".
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Kjud

Eh hem, you probably won't find that option. I believe Ramesh was referring
to "Hide when minimized."

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:OtDAz6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Just out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the Tiny Footprint mode? I
> have never seen it mentioned before. I searched the Microsoft data base
> and found very little information about it.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Kjud
>
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
> That was a stab in the dark, Wes :-)
>
> big bucks ? ;-)
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is why Ramesh gets the big bucks. ;-)
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> You are right, it was running in Tiny Footprint mode. The problem is
>> now solved. Thank you very much, I spent hours trying to correct the
>> problem.
>>
>> "Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Perhaps Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint" mode?
>>
>> Task Manager Menu Bar and Tabs Are Not Visible:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193050
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Kjud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.
>>
>> Some additional information:
>>
>> 1. When I click on "Ctrl-Alt-Del", a screen pops up that shows my
>> user name and gives me the choice of "Disconnect" or "Logoff".
>>
>> 2. I found the "taskmgr.exe" file and when I clicked on it, the same
>> thing happened as described in 1. above.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> To start Task Manager:
>>>
>>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete
>>> Ctrl + Shift + Esc
>>> Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
>>> Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | OK
>>> Create a Desktop Shortcut to taskmgr.exe
>>> ----
>>>
>>> Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Windows Security window if the Welcome
>>> screen
>>> is turned off.
>>>
>>> Turn on the Welcome screen...
>>> 1. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.
>>> 2. Click Change the way users log on or off.
>>> 3. Click to select the Use the welcome screen for fast and easy logon
>>> check
>>> box.
>>> 4. Click OK.
>>>
>>> Using CTRL+ALT+DEL Key Combination to Open Windows Security Opens
>>> Task Manager
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281980
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>> Wes
>>>
>>> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
>>> Kjud <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>>> I have Windows XP Home Edition and can no longer access the Task
>>>> Manager using the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. I used to be able to access
>>>> Task Manager using this method, but it stopped working several days
>>>> ago.
>>>>
>>>> Now when I use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys a screen pops up with my user
>>>> profile name. Nobody else uses this computer and I am the
>>>> "administrator".
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Kjud
>
>