wilson steer Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 In the old days when I used Windows 98 I used to press (together) Control/Alt/Delete and see a list of programmes running and have the option of closing them one by one etc. Now I am on Windows XP, I hardly ever need to use Con/Alt/Del, yet when I do my computer crashes. I get a million green data icons on my taskbar that go crazy, the only solution is to cut the power and restart. This happens EVERY time, it is not a one off, anyone know what's wrong? And what should I expect when I pres Con/Alt/Del on an XP operating system? Thanks. W.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bino Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 In the old days when I used Windows 98 I used to press (together) Control/Alt/Delete and see a list of programmes running and have the option of closing them one by one etc.Now I am on Windows XP, I hardly ever need to use Con/Alt/Del, yet when I do my computer crashes. I get a million green data icons on my taskbar that go crazy, the only solution is to cut the power and restart. This happens EVERY time, it is not a one off, anyone know what's wrong? And what should I expect when I pres Con/Alt/Del on an XP operating system? Thanks. W.S. You should be getting a task manager similar to the Win98 version- just more modern. My guess is that your Win XP installation is dirty / corrupted. Did you use an original XP installer disk, or a Thai special? In any case- the only solution is probably to reformat / reinstall WinXP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldwolf Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 wilson steer - Are you refering to an new computer which came with XP or did you install XP on a computer which had been running Win98? If latter, was XP installed over 98 or did you do a complete re-format installation? (In other words, is/was your XP install disk an "Upgrade" or a "Full" version?) Have you recently updated XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)? If you right click on taskbar and click on "Task Manager" in new window, do you see the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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