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Originally posted by Slick22
Well, the alternative mode works I believe, but as for the Ctrl Alt Del bit, I can't check it... because for some reason it won't work?! :/

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Well, if you have alternate mode on, and it works, you won't need the Ctrl Alt Del part. If your computer starts and plus isn't running, that's when you can use the Ctrl Alt Del method. It will bring up task manager, where you can start a new task as Sunshine said.

Alternatively you can go to Start> Run> then browse to the msgplus.exe file.

Or, you can just go to the file in windows explorer and double click it.

That's the thing. Task manager won't open... at all. On Ctrl + Alt + Del or by selecting it from the task bar!

On a happier note, it seems to be working now, but I'll try again later

If you look in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory, check to see if taskman and taskmgr files are there. Try opening taskmgr as well. What exactly happens? Any error messages?

If task manager still isn't running from here, try looking at these sites

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/Win...indows2000.html

http://www.infopackets.com/gazette/2003/20...2000_and_xp.htm


These sites above have some settings you can change to enable task manager.

This site, http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm has a exe file which i tried and it worked perfectly. It allows you to disable or enable task manager.

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There is also a registry key you can change. Don't change this if you are not entirely sure what you are doing.


Start -> Run. Type in "regedit" (no quotes)>Enter.
     
Search for HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System.
     
  Look for: DisableTaskMgr. Click on REG_DWORD. Value: 1=Enable this key (disables TaskManager); Value: 0=Disable (actually enables TaskManager)
     
  Reboot your machine.

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Well, I did that .exe but still task manager won't load up. I click on it [or press C+A+D] and nothing happens :/

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Originally posted by Slick22
Well, I did that .exe but still task manager won't load up. I click on it [or press C+A+D] and nothing happens :/

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Did you try locating the task manager file in C:\WINDOWS\system32?

The file is taskmgr.exe. I think there should also be a taskman.exe.

if you find taskmgr.exe anywhere else then u should check r comp for spy-ware and virsus