Re: Control+Alt+Delete

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UnknownTBeast wrote:

> nothing happens when i press control alt delete, nothing comes up, the
> system doesnt "think" at all, nothing happens, my friend looked at the
> services menu and said he could not find it, not qiute sure what he
> was doing, his computer skills are a few levels above me.
> hope that helps
>

What is the virus/malware status of the computer? Not being able to run
the Task Manager is symptomatic of virus infection. If you do not have
a current version antivirus (not earlier than 2004) installed with an
active subscription and updated definitions, scan with either Sysclean
or Dave Lipman's Multi-AV. The links for Sysclean and Multi-AV are
here:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm - Dave Lipman's Multi-AV

After you scan with one of those first-line antivirus tools, get a
full-feature av, install it, update it, and do a thorough scan in Safe
Mode. Then do scanning for non-viral malware as described in the
Elephant Boy link above.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
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