ctrl-alt-delete question & free anti-virus question - Toyota Yaris Forums

Shroomster · 09-07-2009, 01:21 AM

FIRST QUESTION: help me troubleshoot:

ctrl-alt-delete does not bring up the task manager. pressing the three buttons does nothing, pressing them consecutive times gets the soundcard/internal speaker to beep once at me.

TASK MANAGER still comes up with right clicking on the task bar and going through control panel

buttons work on the keyboard.

not my computer, and I don't remember if it ever came up before.....

WHY DOES C-A-D not bring up task manager? is there a setting that lets you turn that function on/off?

SECOND QUESTION:

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THIS INTO A 'BETTER-THAN' flame-a-thon.

I'm torn between two (ok three as I'm used to the darkhorse) right now and need to figure out which FREE ANTI-VIRUS I'm going with.

I'll put a poll up

and hopefully people with either one of these will chime in

I've got about 9 hours or so before I need to install. fun huh?

SPECIFICATIONS:

approx 1.8 ghz processor single core AMD ATHLON (IIRC)

running windows XP

>1mb/s internet connection speed

USER specs: email (hotmail) , games (already downloaded to hard drive no online gaming)

VERY LITE BROWSING to well-known sites.

OPTIONS:

-AVAST

-AVIRA

or darkhorse AVG

THANKS FOR THE HELP!!!!

by the way if you must know,

I'm using bitdefender to clean the computer then uninstalling it and putting one of these 'light-weights' on as BD is too interactive for the ol' mother.

View Poll Results: Which free Anti-Virus to use?
Avira	0	0%
Avast	5	29.41%
AVG	12	70.59%
Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll

09-07-2009, 01:21 AM	#1
Shroomster '07 to '12:2 wipers to 1? View User's Garage Drives: '12 5-door LE & '14 5-door LE Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,999	ctrl-alt-delete question & free anti-virus question FIRST QUESTION: help me troubleshoot: ctrl-alt-delete does not bring up the task manager. pressing the three buttons does nothing, pressing them consecutive times gets the soundcard/internal speaker to beep once at me. TASK MANAGER still comes up with right clicking on the task bar and going through control panel buttons work on the keyboard. not my computer, and I don't remember if it ever came up before..... WHY DOES C-A-D not bring up task manager? is there a setting that lets you turn that function on/off? SECOND QUESTION: PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THIS INTO A 'BETTER-THAN' flame-a-thon. I'm torn between two (ok three as I'm used to the darkhorse) right now and need to figure out which FREE ANTI-VIRUS I'm going with. I'll put a poll up and hopefully people with either one of these will chime in I've got about 9 hours or so before I need to install. fun huh? SPECIFICATIONS: approx 1.8 ghz processor single core AMD ATHLON (IIRC) running windows XP >1mb/s internet connection speed USER specs: email (hotmail) , games (already downloaded to hard drive no online gaming) VERY LITE BROWSING to well-known sites. OPTIONS: -AVAST -AVIRA or darkhorse AVG THANKS FOR THE HELP!!!! by the way if you must know, I'm using bitdefender to clean the computer then uninstalling it and putting one of these 'light-weights' on as BD is too interactive for the ol' mother.