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So I managed to turn off Ctrl-Alt-Del, which really pisses me off, because I end up using it all the time. Anyone know how I did this or how to turn it back "on"?
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no really, stop. youre killing me.
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I had no idea you could even do this, but I did find this.

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* Click Start
* Click Run
* Enter gpedit.msc in the Open box and click OK
* In the Group Policy settings window
o Select User Configuration
o Select Administrative Templates
o Select System
o Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
o Select Remove Task Manager
o Double-click the Remove Task Manager option

Neat.

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gpedit only available on XPPro, not XPHome. Anybody ever run across this? I dont even get an error message, just nothing.
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Wow, I never heard of it either.
Did you reboot? ;)

(P.S. a belated Happy Saint Patrick's day to ya.)
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yeah, i rebooted. this is a chronic problem,

and no birthday thread for me either :(
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gpedit only available on XPPro, not XPHome. Anybody ever run across this? I dont even get an error message, just nothing.

How did you do it in the first place? Just curious.

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how did i 'do' what? I used to hit ctrl-alt-del to get the task manager to come up, and stop a dead program or shut down if needed. Now, when I press ctrl-alt-del, i get nothing. no task manager, no shut down, no restart, no latte....nothing
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how did i 'do' what? I used to hit ctrl-alt-del to get the task manager to come up, and stop a dead program or shut down if needed. Now, when I press ctrl-alt-del, i get nothing. no task manager, no shut down, no restart, no latte....nothing

I meant how did you disable the task manager in the first place?

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That reminds me of something else, can you right-click on your task bar and access Task Manager? That gets you to all of the functions, too, in the Shutdown dropdown menu.

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Try a different keyboard. Maybe one of your buttons is broken.
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interestingly enough, when i did what simpleton described, i cant pull up the task manager either, so i know its not the keyboard.

very weird, did i delete my task manager somehow?
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I bring up task manager via Ctri+Shift+Esc...does that work?

have you done any virus scans?...some viruses like to disable Task Manager so you can't get in their way
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im beginning to think its viral in nature, for sure. will deep scan shortly
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timmyjoe42 Wrote:
Wow, I never heard of it either.
Did you reboot? ;)


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~170,000 objects scanned, no virus.

anyone else?
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Right-Click and save this file. Double click on it to import the proper setting. This is assuming that someone the task manager was disable and not corrupted somehow.

http://www.radiogoingsteady.com/TM.reg

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i guess my task manager was corrupted somehow...

now what, computer geniuses? re-install windows?
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Does the file c:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe exist?
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there is a c:\windows\taskman.exe, but it doesnt work apparently
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Try one of the solutions here: http://www.patheticcockroach.com/mpam4/index.php?p=31

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So, I downloaded that file, and I at least have a taskmanager, but still no access to ctrl-alt-del. I guess a little is better than nothing. Thanks guys.
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