I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what tasks are
running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me to browse to
something? It used to show all the started tasks/processes? What have I done
to cause this, and, more importantly, how do I get it back!!??
Thanks!

Darrell Marklinger wrote:
> I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
> tasks are running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me
> to browse to something? It used to show all the started
> tasks/processes? What have I done to cause this, and, more
> importantly, how do I get it back!!??

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC do the same thing?

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MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"Darrell Marklinger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:021EEBFF-D311-4405-937C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
>tasks are
> running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me to browse to
> something? It used to show all the started tasks/processes? What have
> I done
> to cause this, and, more importantly, how do I get it back!!??
>
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...cess-page.html

D/load this reg file and double click to install it.

no ctl/shift/esc displays the tasks running...about 3-4. i want to list all
the processes...

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Darrell Marklinger wrote:
> > I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
> > tasks are running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me
> > to browse to something? It used to show all the started
> > tasks/processes? What have I done to cause this, and, more
> > importantly, how do I get it back!!??
>
> CTRL+SHIFT+ESC do the same thing?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

i can't see any fix there? u have to pay to get the program to fix it?

"meerkat" wrote:

>
> "Darrell Marklinger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:021EEBFF-D311-4405-937C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
> >tasks are
> > running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me to browse to
> > something? It used to show all the started tasks/processes? What have
> > I done
> > to cause this, and, more importantly, how do I get it back!!??
> >
> http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...cess-page.html
>
> D/load this reg file and double click to install it.
>
>
>

Darrell Marklinger wrote:
> no ctl/shift/esc displays the tasks running...about 3-4. i want to list all
> the processes...
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
>> Darrell Marklinger wrote:
>>> I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
>>> tasks are running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me
>>> to browse to something? It used to show all the started
>>> tasks/processes? What have I done to cause this, and, more
>>> importantly, how do I get it back!!??
>> CTRL+SHIFT+ESC do the same thing?
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>>
>>
On my XP SP3 machine both keystroke combinations bring up the Task
Manager. Use the tabs at the top to switch between applications and
processes and other choices.

Bill

dmarklinger wrote:
> i can't see any fix there? u have to pay to get the program to fix it?
>
> "meerkat" wrote:
>
>> "Darrell Marklinger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:021EEBFF-D311-4405-937C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
>>> tasks are
>>> running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me to browse to
>>> something? It used to show all the started tasks/processes? What have
>>> I done
>>> to cause this, and, more importantly, how do I get it back!!??
>>>
>> http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...cess-page.html
>>
>> D/load this reg file and double click to install it.
>>
>>
>>

meerkat was suggesting that you download and save the reg file from
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/TaskManager_Reset.reg and then run it.
That may or may not help.

Try getting to the experts-exchange thread from the first link in this
Google search. It worked for me (and it shows an alternate fix for your
problem: make sure that "Terminal Services" is running - Start > Run >
services.msc)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...i=&safe=images

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

there's no tab or tabs after that blank display screen when i use
ctl/alt/del. it asks to browse to a file only....

"Bill Sharpe" wrote:

> Darrell Marklinger wrote:
> > no ctl/shift/esc displays the tasks running...about 3-4. i want to list all
> > the processes...
> >
> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> >
> >> Darrell Marklinger wrote:
> >>> I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
> >>> tasks are running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me
> >>> to browse to something? It used to show all the started
> >>> tasks/processes? What have I done to cause this, and, more
> >>> importantly, how do I get it back!!??
> >> CTRL+SHIFT+ESC do the same thing?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Shenan Stanley
> >> MS-MVP
> >> --
> >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> On my XP SP3 machine both keystroke combinations bring up the Task
> Manager. Use the tabs at the top to switch between applications and
> processes and other choices.
>
> Bill
>

i cannot seem to link to either of your urls from this page, so cant see what
you're saying. hmmm..maybe i have bigger problems thatn i think!

"Lem" wrote:

> dmarklinger wrote:
> > i can't see any fix there? u have to pay to get the program to fix it?
> >
> > "meerkat" wrote:
> >
> >> "Darrell Marklinger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:021EEBFF-D311-4405-937C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
> >>> tasks are
> >>> running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me to browse to
> >>> something? It used to show all the started tasks/processes? What have
> >>> I done
> >>> to cause this, and, more importantly, how do I get it back!!??
> >>>
> >> http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...cess-page.html
> >>
> >> D/load this reg file and double click to install it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> meerkat was suggesting that you download and save the reg file from
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/TaskManager_Reset.reg and then run it.
> That may or may not help.
>
> Try getting to the experts-exchange thread from the first link in this
> Google search. It worked for me (and it shows an alternate fix for your
> problem: make sure that "Terminal Services" is running - Start > Run >
> services.msc)
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...i=&safe=images
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>

dmarklinger wrote:
> i cannot seem to link to either of your urls from this page, so cant see what
> you're saying. hmmm..maybe i have bigger problems thatn i think!
>
> "Lem" wrote:
>
>> dmarklinger wrote:
>>> i can't see any fix there? u have to pay to get the program to fix it?
>>>
>>> "meerkat" wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Darrell Marklinger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:021EEBFF-D311-4405-937C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> I must have changed something? When I press CTL/ALT/DEL to see what
>>>>> tasks are
>>>>> running once XP is 'up', I get a blank display, asking me to browse to
>>>>> something? It used to show all the started tasks/processes? What have
>>>>> I done
>>>>> to cause this, and, more importantly, how do I get it back!!??
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...cess-page.html
>>>>
>>>> D/load this reg file and double click to install it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> meerkat was suggesting that you download and save the reg file from
>> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/TaskManager_Reset.reg and then run it.
>> That may or may not help.
>>
>> Try getting to the experts-exchange thread from the first link in this
>> Google search. It worked for me (and it shows an alternate fix for your
>> problem: make sure that "Terminal Services" is running - Start > Run >
>> services.msc)
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...i=&safe=images
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP
>>
>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>>

For what it's worth (and I make no guarantees; I haven't tried either of
these suggestions):

Suggestion 1
The contents of regedit file that was suggested is between the *******

**************
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\TaskManager]

***************

What that does is delete that key, which you can do manually. If you
want to try this, I *strongly* suggest exporting the key first so that
you can restore it if things get worse. The values in my registry are
*long* strings of hex digits.


Suggestion 2
The second solution is to use services.msc from Start > Run and make
sure that the service named "Terminal Services" is Started. The
"startup type" should be "Manual."

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm