Control/Alt/Delete doesnt work

[Steve Butler]

I cant access the task manager. Something has disabled it completely. I
have installed the fix provided by Doug Knox when it said Task Manager
Disabled by your administrator. The fix worked but now when I try
Control/Alt/Delete nothing happens at all. So I installed
xp_emegencyutil.exe which gives me a copy of taskmanager.exe. and this
works. However, there has to be something wrong. Control/Alt/Delete does
not work. I am concerned that I have a virus that has disabled the task
manager and is running unforseen. I dont know what processes should or
should not be running. Do I need to reformatt my entire hard drive again?
Can anyone please help.

Steve Butler
I am running Win XP Home Edition

Thanks

 

[Kelly]

Hi Steve,

Start here:

Enable or Disable Ctrl/Alt/Delete (Line 198)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Enable the Task Manager (Line 51)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Lift Restrictions - Task Manager, Regedit and CMD (Line 275)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Troubleshooting the Task Manager
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm#tm

Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot, CWShredder and HijackThis:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Note: Update the first two programs, once installed, before running.


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Guest]

Steve,

Before you re-format your hard drive have you tried to right-click your task
bar? This has always worked for me to bring up the task manager. Also have
you run your anti-virus program? If you don't have one I suggest for a quick
or long term fix AVG from grisoft.com it's free and installs in minutes. Jsut
a suggestion. Good luck.

 

[Kelly]

Great advice.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

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