Re: not giving up yet

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From: Azana (junk_at_bozemands.com)
Date: 05/05/04


Date: 5 May 2004 16:10:33 -0700


"tracy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<8e9401c432ce$bb18e840$a001280a@phx.gbl>...
> someone will eventually have the answer. The
> ctrl+alt+del keyboard shortcut does not bring up the task
> manager on my eMachine with Windows XP. BUT, I can click
> on the task bar and pull up the task manager or type
> taskmgr in the run bar and both of those methods work.
> But, Ctrl+Alt+Del does nothing at all.
>
> I've reset my computer back to the day I bought it (2
> weeks ago) and that didn't help.
>
> I've ran virus scan after virus scan and I found
> nothing.
>
> I've turned off the welcome sreen. That didn't help.
>
> I can't reinstall the Windows XP CD because they didn't
> include one. Now, they did include 3 disks with all the
> software on it. I guess it could be on one of those 3
> disks. But, I really don't want to have to reinstall all
> the software if I don't have to.
>
> There's got to be a way so the computer associates
> Ctrl+Alt+Del with the task manager. I just don't know
> where to go to fix the setting.
>
> It may not even be a big deal. I don't know. If it's no
> big deal, then I'll drop it and just live with it.

Do all the keys you're using for the sequence work?



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