Admin System Tools Won't Run

[Guest]

For some reason, when I try to run the admin tools (e.g. defrag, computer
mgr, etc) I'll sometimes get a pop-up of the tool screen and then it goes
away. At first I thought the tool was running in the background, but it
seemed to close w/out running. I'm sure I've got some kind of Win XP Home
SP2 configuration issue, but can't figure it out.

 

[Michael Katz [MVP]]

Are you able to open task manager? Try doing so by either pressing
Ctrl+Alt+Del or clicking Start --> Run --> type in "taskmgr" (without
quotations) and pressing enter.

Some viruses have been known to disable access to typical Windows admin
tools. Try scanning your system with a virus checker, or if you don't have
one or it's not working, check out Symantec Security Check at
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym

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Michael Katz
[Microsoft MVP - MSN Client]
"There's no I in 'team' but there is 'me'"
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[Guest]

I'm unable to run taskmgr and will try the virus scan using Norton AV ver
11.0.9.16. My most recent scan was only 3 days ago, and it only found adware
files. I then ran Spybot S&D and cleaned up some spyware files. I don't
have any adware apps.

Are you able to open task manager? Try doing so by either pressing
Ctrl+Alt+Del or clicking Start --> Run --> type in "taskmgr" (without
quotations) and pressing enter.

Some viruses have been known to disable access to typical Windows admin
tools. Try scanning your system with a virus checker, or if you don't have
one or it's not working, check out Symantec Security Check at
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym

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______________________________________________
Michael Katz
[Microsoft MVP - MSN Client]
"There's no I in 'team' but there is 'me'"
http://msmvps.com/msntral

This posting is provided 'AS IS' with no warranties, and confers no rights.

For some reason, when I try to run the admin tools (e.g. defrag, computer
mgr, etc) I'll sometimes get a pop-up of the tool screen and then it goes
away. At first I thought the tool was running in the background, but it
seemed to close w/out running. I'm sure I've got some kind of Win XP Home
SP2 configuration issue, but can't figure it out.