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   you have a virus buddy, a trojan that diables that to prevent you from   
   stopping the treat to run. You need a serious virus check.   
   Probabely it has also disabeled the restore function to prevent you from   
   restoring the machine to a previous date.   
      
      
      
   "PeterC"  wrote in message   
   news:t0nledqwaoys$.f24m9puy1tkj$.dlg@40tude.net...   
   > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:05:24 -0800, chrisv wrote:   
   >   
   >> PeterC wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:46:29 -0500, Frank wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Ctrl-Alt-Esc does nothing.   
   >>>> Frank   
   >>>>   
   >>> That's a pity; so it's not just the Ctrl-Alt-Del alone.   
   >>>   
   >>> I use the alternative key-combo as it can be done with one hand and   
   >>> also there's no risk of shutting down accidentally.   
   >>   
   >> Your shortcut was wrong. It's _not_ Ctrl-Alt-Esc.   
   >>   
   > Oops - sorry - Ctrl-Shft-Esc of course! To make it worse, I did it just   
   > before typing!   
   >>>   
   >>>> "PeterC"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:payn6273yhpc$.1he85dyqfavlp.dlg@40tude.net...   
   >>>>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:01:50 -0500, Frank wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I am running XP and recentley when I go for the task manager with   
   >>>>>> ctrl-alt-delete, I get a message 'task manager disabled'.  How can   
   >>>>>> I get it   
   >>>>>> working again???   
   >>>>>> Frank   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> An off-chance: what does Ctrl-Alt-Esc do?   
   >>>>> --   
   >>>>> Peter.   
   >>>>> You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?   
   >>>>> It's not rocket science, you know.   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   > Peter.   
   > You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?   
   > It's not rocket science, you know.   
      
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