I recently revived a Win2K computer.  I did a bunch of stuff, including changing 
the two drive filesystems to NTFS.  I also deleted old, corrupt operating systems 
on one drive, since I now have a working OS on the other drive.

I discovered, however, that when I bring up Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del), only the 
processes list appears--no tabs, no buttons, no menu.  I would be unable to terminate 
an application as such, because there is no applications tab; and I would be unable 
to reboot from the task manager because there is no button or menu item for this. 
It is possible to delete a process.

Can someone tell me how to reconstitute a full-capability Task Manager.  I have rebooted 
since I first noted this problem, and it is still with me.

Thank you,

Jan

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re: Task Manager damaged or corrupt Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 8:15 am Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here try this for a long shot,,,click a time or two on the upper right corner of the task mrg.screen....it's hidden item in win2k it may pop it up the way you want it to be.. Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 5:01 am, Jan wrote: > I recently revived a Win2K computer. I did a bunch of stuff, including changing >the two drive filesystems to NTFS. I also deleted old, corrupt operating systems >on one drive, since I now have a working OS on the other drive. > >I discovered, however, that when I bring up Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del), only the >processes list appears--no tabs, no buttons, no menu. I would be unable to terminate >an application as such, because there is no applications tab; and I would be unable >to reboot from the task manager because there is no button or menu item for this. >It is possible to delete a process. > >Can someone tell me how to reconstitute a full-capability Task Manager. I have rebooted >since I first noted this problem, and it is still with me. > >Thank you, > >Jan [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Task Manager damaged or corrupt Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 3:03 pm Posted by Jan (18 messages posted) AHA. There it is! Thank you, Dex. It worked right away. Jan On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 8:15 am, DEX wrote: >Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites > >Click Here > > > > >try this for a long shot,,,click a time or two on the upper right corner of the task >mrg.screen....it's hidden item in win2k it may pop it up the way you want it to be.. > > > > Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Task Manager damaged or corrupt Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 4:43 pm Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here You'er Welcome Jan It's made that why so you can hide it from other users.. Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 3:03 pm, Jan wrote: >AHA. There it is! > >Thank you, Dex. It worked right away. > >Jan > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Task Manager damaged or corrupt Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 5:29 pm Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here Hi Jan Now that you have it back download and install Service Control it will give you tons of info about what and why items are running.. Service Controller XP 2.2.61 it's free stuff Service Controller XP is a handy interface that allows you to control your Windows (NT/2000/XP) services. You can instantly see which ones are running and view detailed information about all the standard Windows services. In addition, the program provides information that lets you decide whether to enable or disable a service. It prevents you from accidentally disabling critical operating system services and suggest whether to disable a service or not based on the use of your computer (e.g. Default, Gaming, Internet Gateway etc.) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4313.html Plus read this web page Besure to click on ea. item it will tell you all about what it's for and sometimews how much ram it pulls. http://www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm OR http://web.archive.org/web/20040210040410/www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 3:03 pm, Jan wrote: >AHA. There it is! > >Thank you, Dex. It worked right away. > >Jan > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Task Manager damaged or corrupt Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 10:27 pm Posted by Jan (18 messages posted) I downloaded the utility and you are right, it is far clearer than trying to look a the files with the Microsoft tools. It is also easier to make changes. I think that this corresponds to Services. I am also cleaning up the registry on the XP laptop and I will do it on the W2K machine. I am using Baku. Jan On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 5:29 pm, DEX wrote: >Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites > >Click Here > > > > > >Hi Jan >Now that you have it back download and install Service Control it will give you tons >of info about what and why items are running.. > >Service Controller XP 2.2.61 it's free stuff > >Service Controller XP is a handy interface that allows you to control your Windows >(NT/2000/XP) services. >You can instantly see which ones are running and view detailed information about >all the standard Windows services. >In addition, the program provides information that lets you decide whether to enable >or disable a service. >It prevents you from accidentally disabling critical operating system services and >suggest whether to disable a service or not based on the use of your computer (e.g. >Default, Gaming, Internet Gateway etc.) > >http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4313.html > > >Plus read this web page >Besure to click on ea. item it will tell you all about what it's for and sometimews >how much ram it pulls. >http://www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm >OR >http://web.archive.org/web/20040210040410/www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm > > > > > > Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum