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   Message 1,783 of 2,222   
   PeterC to chrisv   
   Re: task manager disabled   
   14 Nov 08 19:45:15   
   
   From: giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk   
      
   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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