Ctrl-Alt-Del wont bring up Task Manager anymore

  • Thread starter Thread starter Big D.
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Big said:
Sometimes no reaction...
somethimes window opens but closes right away
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Not enough information to get focused help.

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Definitely go through the Second Question because Task Manager behaving
the way you describe is a symptom of infection.


Malke
 
Almost certainly a virus. There are several that attempt to frustrate any
attempt to remove them.
If you go to START / RUN & type in MSCONFIG or/& REGEDIT, will they open for
you?
Will your anti-virus program open?
If not start hunting for a virus I suggest.
 
What about other mechanisms to start it? You can right-click in the taskbar
to get the context menu that includes Task Manager. You can try
Ctrl-Shift-Esc. You can try Start | Run | taskmgr.
 
Good suggestion Sam.
& if that doesn't work then rename tskmgr.exe to tskmgr.com & then click on
it.
If that does open it then you can be confident that it is a virus.
 
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