Re: Cannot open windows task manager

From: bobman (bobman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:37:02 -0800

thanks for your reply Rich, but the link you sent me for Kelly's site won't
open.
Bob

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> This was taken from Kelly's site.
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select T and scroll to Task
> Manager.
> Task Manager only opens for a few seconds, then closes:
>
> This behavior can be caused by a virus. One of three:
>
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.gen@mm.html
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.yaha.e@mm.html
>
> "bobman" <bobman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:988D6AFC-A4C8-424A-AF42-AA766D336457@microsoft.com...
> >I can't open Windows Task Manager. If I click ctrl-alt-det, the task
> >manager
> > will flash on the screen for about one second then it disappears. The
> > same
> > things happens when I try to access the Task Manager by right-clicking the
> > taskbar. Any ideas on what could be the problem?
>
>
>

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