Task Manager - worried about strange new look

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Peter Oliphant

I forget what I was doing at the time this changed (it was a few weeks
back), but nowadays my task manager (i.e., what you get to with
ctrl-alt-del) has changed appearances. There is now only one mode, the one
that allows you to end tasks. But the other modes: graphic usage, processes
running, etc. are no longer accessible! It looks like a 'box' form with no
top menu items at all. There is no 'exit X' at the top, and trying to close
it in the bottom bar doesn't work. I CAN close it via the try icon for it..

I'm wondering if this is a virus somehow, or if this is some mode I got into
I can't figure out how to get out of...

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[email protected],
Peter Oliphant said:
I forget what I was doing at the time this changed (it was a
few weeks back), but nowadays my task manager (i.e., what
you get to with ctrl-alt-del) has changed appearances. There
is now only one mode, the one that allows you to end tasks.
But the other modes: graphic usage, processes running, etc.
are no longer accessible! It looks like a 'box' form with no
top menu items at all. There is no 'exit X' at the top, and
trying to close it in the bottom bar doesn't work. I CAN
close it via the try icon for it..
I'm wondering if this is a virus somehow, or if this is some
mode I got into I can't figure out how to get out of...

[==P==]
Click to expand...

Double click on the border of Task Manager. You have Task
manager operating in "Tiny Footprint" mode.

Why is part of my Task Manager gone?
http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/6905

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Peter said:
I forget what I was doing at the time this changed (it was a few weeks
back), but nowadays my task manager (i.e., what you get to with
ctrl-alt-del) has changed appearances. There is now only one mode,
the one that allows you to end tasks. But the other modes: graphic
usage, processes running, etc. are no longer accessible! It looks
like a 'box' form with no top menu items at all. There is no 'exit X'
at the top, and trying to close it in the bottom bar doesn't work. I
CAN close it via the try icon for it..
I'm wondering if this is a virus somehow, or if this is some mode I
got into I can't figure out how to get out of...
Click to expand...


No, it's not a virus. You have Task Manager in Small Footprint mode. To
toggle back and forth between the two modes, just double-click anywhere on
the border. You got there by doing this without realizing it.
 
Thanx, Ken and Nepatsfan! : )

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Ken Blake said:
No, it's not a virus. You have Task Manager in Small Footprint mode. To
toggle back and forth between the two modes, just double-click anywhere on
the border. You got there by doing this without realizing it.
Click to expand...
 
Nepatsfan said:
Double click on the border of Task Manager. You have Task
manager operating in "Tiny Footprint" mode.

Why is part of my Task Manager gone?
http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/6905

Good luck

Nepatsfan
Click to expand...
Thanks for that; although I didn't have the issue, I now know
something I didn't know about XP.

A recent convert form 98SE

Peter


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(e-mail address removed),
Peter Rogers said:
Thanks for that; although I didn't have the issue, I now know
something I didn't know about XP.

A recent convert form 98SE

Peter


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You're welcome.

Nepatsfan
 
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