Windows XP Professional Issue

[yamanx]

I have Windows XP Professional, and well, I don't have my Task Manager anymore. I push CTRL, ALT, Delete, and nothing, won't even reboot after this. Could my Keyboard be gone? been having key issues?

Also have to tell my computer to put certain files in the system32 folder to install a game or something.

[cal_woo]

I had a little different problem, but with the same solution I think. My cousins PC wasn't recognizing the DVD-ROM drive because the driver was "missing or corrupt". I insterted the windows xp home cd and rebooted, once it was at the blue screen, and shows you the partitions available to install xp too, I selected the 1 partition and hit ENTER (to set up XP on this partition) and it then gives you the option to hit R to REPAIR this windows xp installation on this partition. I tried using my xp pro cd on her PC and it didn't work, I had to get her XP home disk in order to do it, so I'm not sure if Win XP Pro has the option to repair like that, I would assume so, just didn't work in this case because she had XP home, and my disk is XP Pro.

Hope you get it working.

[Bill in SD, CA]

Have you scanned for viruses?

And have you dragged your mouse pointer around the taskbar to see if it is hidden?



Bill in SD, CA

[chefde]

I've worked on Machine's infected with Malware that have had this problem.

[XweAponX]

Sounds like "Tiny Footprint mode"

There is a mode for MMTASK that is called "tiny footprint mode" and in this mode you can shrink MMTASK down to practically zero pixels in height and width. Well, not that small, but pretty small so it can be hidden beneath the taskbar.

hit ctrl-alt-del and wait about a minute, then see if a little GREEN icon that lights up green is down in the systray. If it is there, double klik on it to bring it back up.

The MMTASK interface may be hidden underneath the taskbar, to right klik on START and hit PROPERTIES and tell the task bar to AUTO-HIDE.

Then when the taskbar goes off the screen, you may see the MMTASK tray, drag it back up and double click on the upper part of it, to put it back in regular footprint mode.

[yamanx]

Nothing, did scan for Viruses, and nothing. But will be making new machine soon so I guess this isn't a huge issue, plan to format.

[s2g24]

if your having key probs try ctrl,shift and esc

[doddsy]

start-run-taskmgr.exe

[Autokad]

system restore?