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[Guest]

I got my pc late last year, so I don't know how it has gotten a problem
already. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del or right-click my tool bar and choose
Task manager, it only flashes the window or doesn't open it at all. Also,
when i try to run msconfig with Start>Run, the window only flashes or doesn't
show up.

(Supplemental question: Why don't I have a Floppy drive? In my computer, it
says I have a "SmartMedia (H" drive with a Floppy disk icon, but there is
no slot to insert one on my tower.)

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm and scroll down
to the topic titled "Task Manager - Control/Alt/Delete - Doesn't Work"

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

Q. "Why don't I have a Floppy drive?"

A. Contact the manufacturer of your computer for assistance
or read the User's Guide that came with your PC.

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| I got my pc late last year, so I don't know how it has gotten a problem
| already. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del or right-click my tool bar and choose
| Task manager, it only flashes the window or doesn't open it at all. Also,
| when i try to run msconfig with Start>Run, the window only flashes or doesn't
| show up.
|
| (Supplemental question: Why don't I have a Floppy drive? In my computer, it
| says I have a "SmartMedia (H" drive with a Floppy disk icon, but there is
| no slot to insert one on my tower.)

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry Editor or
Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is caused by
Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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