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Hi RC White (how formal can you get ?)
Wow- as a Newbie you are confusing me-I think! I have tried Google on your
instigation with no results. Freezing occurs on random applications. I am
subscribing to Microsoft Public via my ISP who provides the maximum number
of NG`s,and have also checked for a virus with negative results. I have
followed your advice to a letter but sadly CAD will not respond.
Anyway thanks for your patience and a merry Christmas to you and yours.
Skipbs
"R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
news:un8bGru5EHA.2428@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi, Skip.
>
> Sorry, my last post came out a bit more gruff than I intended. :>[
>
> But I did post a message on 12/10/04. Here is the text in full:
>
> <Paste>
> Hi, Ian.
>
> I'm happy to say that I haven't had the problem, but I've heard that this
> can be caused by a virus. So I asked Google to look for "ctrl alt del
> +virus" and got 86,000 hits!
>
> Here's the first one. I'm not sure it fully answers your questions, but
> it's a starting point...
> AIM virus, Sys Restore, REGEDIT and ctrl/alt/del DO NOT WORK
>
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=40678&messageID=477052
>
> Have you run anti-malware programs recently? An antivirus, plus Ad-aware,
> SpyBot and all the others that are recommended here several times a day?
> Have you visited Windows Update recently; do you have WinXP SP2 installed?
>
> RC
> <End Paste>
>
> Are you subscribing to these Microsoft public newsgroups through your
> ISP's new server? These groups are hosted on the Microsoft public news
> server, which is free and does not require you to log on. Many other
> servers simply "slurp" messages from the host and relay them - and
> responses - back and forth; this often results in messages that are
> delayed, out of sequence, or just lost. Many of those servers provide
> only some of the 2000+ NGs available.
>
> Unless blocked by something like a corporate firewall, if you click here:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>
> OE should start (if it is not running already), the News Account for
> msnews should be created, and the 300 latest headers from this NG should
> be downloaded. In other words, you should end up right back here, but
> "cutting out the middleman". At your convenience, you can customize OE to
> suit yourself, such as setting it get more than 300 headers at a time, and
> keeping them more than 5 days before deleting them from your hard drive.
>
> But I still don't know why Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work for you. If you
> answered my question about "which application", I missed that answer. And
> I'm not sure if you told us whether you tried Google - and what results
> you found there.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cq784p$uo5$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> Hi RC White
>>
>> The only post I received on the date you mention was from Patti Mcleod
>> which was in answer to my prime question. In answer to your queries it is
>> yes, and I run automatic up dates in Windows. I have alsoWinXP SP2
>> installed. Perhaps > I was asleep the date you mentioned!!!!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Skipbs
>>
>> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23rGTLPq5EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi, Skip.
>>>
>>> You haven't yet responded to my 12/10/04 post, where I pointed out some
>>> posts 86,000 found on Google, including a link to one of them.
>>>
>>> Let me ask again, since you haven't bothered to answer any of these
>>> questions in that post:
>>> "Have you run anti-malware programs recently? An antivirus, plus
>>> Ad-aware,
>>> SpyBot and all the others that are recommended here several times a day?
>>> Have you visited Windows Update recently; do you have WinXP SP2
>>> installed?"
>>>
>>> Does this happen with one specific application, or with several
>>> different programs?
>>>
>>> RC
>>>
>>> "Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:cq63q8$h2l$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>> Hi RC White
>>>>
>>>> Control>Alt>Delete never works on my PC when an application freezes:
>>>> and as the mouse arrow also locks how do I right-click the task bar to
>>>> pull down the Task Manager to clear the offending programme. Any other
>>>> suggestions.?
>>>>
>>>> Skip BS
>>>>
>>>> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:Oxgzi7S5EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi, Ian.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ctrl+Alt+Del should ALWAYS work! But, when it doesn't there is at
>>>>> least one other way to access Task Manager: Right-click on a blank
>>>>> area of your Taskbar, then choose Task Manager from the context menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> RC
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
>>>>> message news:cq0npj$p8q$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>>>> Hello Patti Macleod
>>>>>> Thank you for correcting my misuse of terms. I have recently upgraded
>>>>>> from Win Me to XP pro and from force of habit I used WinMe
>>>>>> terminology. However, my problem is still not resolved for when my pc
>>>>>> freezes I can not pull-down the Task Manager dialogue box with the
>>>>>> cad keys so am unable to hit the End Task button . Any suggestions
>>>>>> please
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Skipbs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Patti MacLeod" <pam120@nospamshaw.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:u%23gC0vr3EHA.3840@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In Windows 9x, CAD brings up the Close Program dialogue box, but in
>>>>>>> NT-based
>>>>>>> OSes it brings up the Task Manager. If the CAD keys successfully
>>>>>>> activates
>>>>>>> the Task Manager, click on the Applications tab, click on the
>>>>>>> "offending"
>>>>>>> program and then click on the End Task button.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Patti MacLeod
>>>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ian Barras-Smith" <skip@barras-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> news:cpc13j$k4q$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>>>>>> Running Windows XP PRO.IE6 . When my pc freezes am unable to use
>>>>>>>> theCAD
>>>>>>> keys
>>>>>>>> to access the Close Program dialogue box and have to resort to the
>>>>>>>> reset
>>>>>>>> button. I have checked that the CAD keys function in a running
>>>>>>>> application
>>>>>>>> which they do. I have also performed a clean boot to no effect. How
>>>>>>>> can I
>>>>>>>> resolve this problem. Thank you.
>
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