Task Manager will not work

[Morena02]

The task manager will not start by doing Ctrl/Alt/Delete, nor will it run
from right-clicking on the tool bar and selecting it. It will not start from
the "Run" by entering either taskman.exe or taskmgr.exe - the files seem to
be completely missing.

 

[Jose]

The task manager will not start by doing Ctrl/Alt/Delete, nor will it run
from right-clicking on the tool bar and selecting it.  It will not start from
the "Run" by entering either taskman.exe or taskmgr.exe - the files seem to
be completely missing.

The taskmgr.exe should be in c:\windows\system32

You don't see any kind of error message... like it has been disabled
maybe?

There is a lot of this going around and malware is the suspect.

Start here and please report back.

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Jose

 

[Elmo]

The task manager will not start by doing Ctrl/Alt/Delete, nor will it run
from right-clicking on the tool bar and selecting it. It will not start from
the "Run" by entering either taskman.exe or taskmgr.exe - the files seem to
be completely missing.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 51. (r-h column) Enable the Task Manager - Disable Task Manager
Line 113. Enable the Task Manager - Disable - Repair