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#1 ·
On my old system (Win-98) I could close programs by doing Control-Alt-Delete. On Win-XP when I try to do this, a box pops up that only gives me the option to connect or logoff. There is no list of programs running. I must be looking in the wrong place! - Still a computer idiot - thsh6
 
#2 ·
Are you on a network? That is the only reason I can think of that ctrl-alt-dlt would behave that way in windows xp. I run xp and mine gives me the windows task manager, like you are looking for. I can recommend an alternate program that is similar to task manager and very user friendly (free too). It is called Starter. You can download it from the following site:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downright_pages/downrights_a-z.htm

I hope that helps.
 
#4 ·
motherboard is right. You must be on the "users" tab. That is the only tab with disconnect and logoff. Starter is still a handy program if you want to give it a try, though. Good Luck!
 
#5 ·
I finally got the problem fixed - I had to resort to the Microsoft Support page. It said that I was in "Tiny Footprints" mode, and that if I double-clicked at the top of the bar, the Task Manager Window would open up - which it did! Praise God. thsh6
 
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