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post #1 of 14
6/22/05 at 7:07pm
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For some reason, I cannot initiate the little application that permits u to close out of programs or restart your computer, i've even tried holding it for a minute or so and it did nothing!

I have restarted the pc a few times and to no luck...
I think this is just a recent thing starting today...... did defragging today with diskeeper and alot of uninstalling of some old games... and not sure if even was working before that....

anyone know a way to get to the app w/o ctrl + alt + delete or even a place to mess with the settings???

thanks for any advice,
Wayne
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post #2 of 14
6/22/05 at 7:14pm
shift+ctrl+esc or right click the task bar and select task manager
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post #3 of 14
6/22/05 at 7:15pm
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ok, lol... der thats what its called "task manager" ! thanks for that...

for some reason even right clicking task bar and going "task manager" does not bring up the application...... sounds like may be something corrupt >_>
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post #4 of 14
6/22/05 at 7:16pm
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shift ctrl esc does not even open start menu (if thats what its designed for) .. .hmm
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post #5 of 14
6/22/05 at 7:22pm
no they are both supposed to open the task manager just like ctrl+alt+del usually does. Definalty sounds like you've got something else going on.

You could also try using windows+r (or selecting run in the start menu) and writing taskmgr. That is also supposed to do the same thing.
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post #6 of 14
6/22/05 at 7:27pm
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went start > run > taskmgr and says "another program is currently using this program...
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post #7 of 14
6/22/05 at 8:02pm
have you scanned for viruses?
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post #8 of 14
6/22/05 at 8:20pm
If your comp's frozen there isn't really anything you can do but to restart. If I were you I would restart in Safe mode then scan for virus's.
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post #9 of 14
6/22/05 at 9:27pm
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seems like i got a worm... and i found a way to accept task manager... once i task manager i had pinpointed the problem area that prevented me from opening task manager the usual ways and set it not to open upon start up. I think that the worm is contained within this file also, and i can't seem to delete the file that contains the worm. the worm is "deleted" with ad-aware SE but if the program is run then it returns, of course. gonna try a dos mode attempt at deleting the file or something with safe mode, idk.!

thanks for all your help though
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post #10 of 14
6/22/05 at 11:33pm
right click a blank area of the taskbar and click on taskmanager, i think thats the fastest way to get to it
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post #11 of 14
6/22/05 at 11:40pm
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ya it wouldn't let me due to something in my start up... called winupdate.exe

turned it off somehow and was able to access, then ran ad-aware and found a worm...

ran several other things to try to get rid of winupdate (housed the worm) then finally got rid of it with several different programs mmmhmm man do i feel good now lol...
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post #12 of 14
6/23/05 at 3:07am
Anyone else wished that this thread was about this Ctrl+Alt+Del
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post #13 of 14
6/23/05 at 4:18am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bahama.Llama
Anyone else wished that this thread was about this Ctrl+Alt+Del
*raises both hands*
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post #14 of 14
6/23/05 at 5:01am
Same here
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