Re: Inoperative CAD keys

From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:22:27 -0600

Hi, Skip.

Sorry, my last post came out a bit more gruff than I intended. :>[

But I did post a message on 12/10/04. Here is the text in full:

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Hi, Ian.

I'm happy to say that I haven't had the problem, but I've heard that this
can be caused by a virus. So I asked Google to look for "ctrl alt del
+virus" and got 86,000 hits!

Here's the first one. I'm not sure it fully answers your questions, but
it's a starting point...
AIM virus, Sys Restore, REGEDIT and ctrl/alt/del DO NOT WORK
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=40678&messageID=477052

Have you run anti-malware programs recently? An antivirus, plus Ad-aware,
SpyBot and all the others that are recommended here several times a day?
Have you visited Windows Update recently; do you have WinXP SP2 installed?

RC
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Are you subscribing to these Microsoft public newsgroups through your ISP's
new server? These groups are hosted on the Microsoft public news server,
which is free and does not require you to log on. Many other servers simply
"slurp" messages from the host and relay them - and responses - back and
forth; this often results in messages that are delayed, out of sequence, or
just lost. Many of those servers provide only some of the 2000+ NGs
available.

Unless blocked by something like a corporate firewall, if you click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers

OE should start (if it is not running already), the News Account for msnews
should be created, and the 300 latest headers from this NG should be
downloaded. In other words, you should end up right back here, but "cutting
out the middleman". At your convenience, you can customize OE to suit
yourself, such as setting it get more than 300 headers at a time, and
keeping them more than 5 days before deleting them from your hard drive.

But I still don't know why Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work for you. If you
answered my question about "which application", I missed that answer. And
I'm not sure if you told us whether you tried Google - and what results you
found there.

RC 

-- 
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:cq784p$uo5$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi RC White
>
> The only post I received on the date you mention was from Patti Mcleod 
> which was in answer to my prime question. In answer to your queries it is 
> yes, and I run automatic up dates in Windows. I have alsoWinXP SP2 
> installed. Perhaps > I was asleep the date you mentioned!!!!
>
> Regards
>
> Skipbs
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message 
> news:%23rGTLPq5EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Skip.
>>
>> You haven't yet responded to my 12/10/04 post, where I pointed out some 
>> posts 86,000 found on Google, including a link to one of them.
>>
>> Let me ask again, since you haven't bothered to answer any of these 
>> questions in that post:
>> "Have you run anti-malware programs recently?  An antivirus, plus 
>> Ad-aware,
>> SpyBot and all the others that are recommended here several times a day?
>> Have you visited Windows Update recently; do you have WinXP SP2 
>> installed?"
>>
>> Does this happen with one specific application, or with several different 
>> programs?
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message 
>> news:cq63q8$h2l$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>> Hi RC White
>>>
>>> Control>Alt>Delete never works on my PC when an application freezes: and 
>>> as the mouse arrow also locks how do I right-click the task bar to pull 
>>> down the Task Manager to clear the offending programme. Any other 
>>> suggestions.?
>>>
>>> Skip BS
>>>
>>> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message 
>>> news:Oxgzi7S5EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi, Ian.
>>>>
>>>> Ctrl+Alt+Del should ALWAYS work!  But, when it doesn't there is at 
>>>> least one other way to access Task Manager:  Right-click on a blank 
>>>> area of your Taskbar, then choose Task Manager from the context menu.
>>>>
>>>> RC
>>>>
>>>> "Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message 
>>>> news:cq0npj$p8q$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>>> Hello Patti Macleod
>>>>> Thank you for correcting my misuse of terms. I have recently upgraded 
>>>>> from Win Me to XP pro and from force of habit I used WinMe 
>>>>> terminology. However, my problem is still not resolved for when my pc 
>>>>> freezes I can not pull-down the Task Manager dialogue box with the cad 
>>>>> keys so am unable to hit  the End Task button . Any suggestions please
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Skipbs
>>>>>
>>>>> "Patti MacLeod" <pam120@nospamshaw.ca> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:u%23gC0vr3EHA.3840@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Windows 9x, CAD brings up the Close Program dialogue box, but in 
>>>>>> NT-based
>>>>>> OSes it brings up the Task Manager. If the CAD keys successfully 
>>>>>> activates
>>>>>> the Task Manager, click on the Applications tab, click on the 
>>>>>> "offending"
>>>>>> program and then click on the End Task button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Patti MacLeod
>>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in 
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:cpc13j$k4q$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>>>>> Running Windows XP PRO.IE6 . When my pc freezes am unable to use 
>>>>>>> theCAD
>>>>>> keys
>>>>>>> to access the Close Program dialogue box and have to resort to the 
>>>>>>> reset
>>>>>>> button. I have checked that the CAD keys function in a running 
>>>>>>> application
>>>>>>> which they do. I have also performed a clean boot to no effect. How 
>>>>>>> can I
>>>>>>> resolve this problem. Thank you.