were has task manager gone??

Willz

Willz

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somthing is worng wit windows xp, when i do anyhting to get task manager up, nothing happens, also when i go into start/run/cmd, cmd dont work too, an error message come up saying.... the NTVDM CPU has encounterd an illegal instruction.
cs:06c2 ip: 0038 op:ff ff ff 00 'close' to terminate application.

yesterday it was working ok, but now its impossible to get onto it.
 
I had this same problem with my younger cousins pc and still havent overcome it. It was most frustrating in our case task manager flashed on and off and I dont think we got that error. Id love to know the answer to this one too so if anyone can shed some light Id also be greatful :)
 
i am installing a different version of windows xp, as i suspect its just this copy of windows.

the reaosn i think its the copy of windows is becouse i had a simaler problem before, thanks for the link, it will be usefull incase it happens one time and i aint prepaird to restore or repair my computer.
 
Interesting, try going to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and see if the actual TaskManager
program is in there (C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe) if its not whats happened to it? if it is i dont know how to help!
 
the only thing i can see in windows for task manager is an .exe file for it, i suspect a virus could of done this, but i dont have a virus scanner on at moment as i am restoring my computer tomorrow hopefully.

when i type it in run it says another program is currently using this files.

i think its a virus becouse my cpu usage will never go below 50, even when i am just running one app, but task manager not working could be to do with cpu usage above 50 % all the time.
 
willhub said:
the only thing i can see in windows for task manager is an .exe file for it, i suspect a virus could of done this, but i dont have a virus scanner on at moment as i am restoring my computer tomorrow hopefully.

when i type it in run it says another program is currently using this files.

i think its a virus becouse my cpu usage will never go below 50, even when i am just running one app, but task manager not working could be to do with cpu usage above 50 % all the time.
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One should always have an antivirus, AVG has a free version at http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 or you can search for a free version of AVAST. You can try going to a prievious restore date that you know that everything was working.
 
Im having the same problem..

Got a brand new laptop yesterday with xp and there is no task manager on it. :confused:
 
Does anyone think that taskmanager could of been disabled somehow? because as Kez said hers doesnt have taskmanager either!
 
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