Re: The Task Manager has abnormal look

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: 11 May 2004 08:45:04 -0500

On Mon, 10 May 2004 16:18:46 -0700, "Ben" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>
>Hi All,
>
>The Task Manager on my friend PC (Win2000) has an abnormal look. There is no
>menu (File, Option, View ...), no tabs (application, process, performance).
>There are only Task List and End Task, Switch to, New Task buttons.
>
>I copy Taskmgr.exe from my PC but it doesn't help. That means Taskmgr.exe is
>not a cause.
>
>Also the other abnormal things is both MS Outlook and Outlook Express cannot
>communicate with the server.
>There is the acctual connection but the "request string" sent to server is
>not the correct one. I know that because I tried "telnet emailsever.com
>110". I typed the request string such as "USER emailname" then hit Enter I
>got the right response. The message I receive from both Outlook as if I just
>hit ENTER instead of "USER emailname".
>
>What could be the problem? How can I fix that?
>
>Ben

Ben,

Your Task Manager is in small footprint mode. Place the cursor anywhere in the
borders of the TM window (where there's no text), and double-click. TM should
return to normal.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.