Can't open Task Manager in XP Home

TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
edited January 2008 in Science & Tech
I can't open Task Manager in Windows XP Home, either by right clicking in the task bar, or by using Control-Alt-Delete.

And Limewire 4.9 keeps trying to open even after closing it repeatedly.

Any idea on how to get Task Manager open?

Comments

  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    I removed (uninstalled) Limewire and restarted the computer, but it still won't open Task Manager!:mad2:
  • Byron172Byron172 Adelaide, South Australia Member
    edited February 2006
    Not saying that this is neccessarily the case, but I know a lot of viruses and spyware tend to immobilise the Task Manager option so that you can't "kill" the process with ease. Maybe try downloading SmitRem tool from noahdfear. Instructions how to use and download can be found here:
    http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/
    also run your preffered anti spyware software (Adaware SE, Spybot etc.) and see if that picks anything up.
    Hope this helps.
  • TechEmperorTechEmperor
    edited January 2008
    First you will need to run a complete system clean, I recommend using Super AntiSpyware and AVG-Antivirus. These two in combination will get rid of almost everything.
    Once that is done head over to The Tech Empire and read the article linked there. It has detailed instructions on how to re-enable your task manager as well as a batch script that will do it for you if you aren't comfortable editing the registry.

    The Tech Emperor
  • Byron172Byron172 Adelaide, South Australia Member
    edited January 2008
    Dude, this thread is almost two years old!!!!
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