application error

[dee]

I don't know much about computers and I have a new Dell.
with Windows XP. I thought I wanted to down load
Hotbar.com to get the emotion icons. I started to
download but then I got worried and I tried to stop it. I
seemed to keep running. I didn't want to give my personal
info., but I couldn't get the info box off my screen.
Finally, I cllicked Ctrl and Alt. and Delete and I think
I stopped the application. Now I have a little window on
my screen that says taskmgr. exe. -Application Error. It
says the application failed to initialize properly
(0xc0000142). Click OK to terminate the application.
I've clicked OK and nothing happens. It won't go away. I
can't even see what I'm type now because the window is
blocking it. I also tried to get hep from Microsoft
Support.com and I read where a worm may have been
starting there. So now I'm really worried and I don't
know what to do. I don't want to just leave my screen on
with this window. Can someone please advise me? Thank you
very much.

dee

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dee,

Move your cursor to the right or left edge of the task manager window and
double-click it. This should allow you to access to the controls to close
it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"dee" > wrote in message
...
> I don't know much about computers and I have a new Dell.
> with Windows XP. I thought I wanted to down load
> Hotbar.com to get the emotion icons. I started to
> download but then I got worried and I tried to stop it. I
> seemed to keep running. I didn't want to give my personal
> info., but I couldn't get the info box off my screen.
> Finally, I cllicked Ctrl and Alt. and Delete and I think
> I stopped the application. Now I have a little window on
> my screen that says taskmgr. exe. -Application Error. It
> says the application failed to initialize properly
> (0xc0000142). Click OK to terminate the application.
> I've clicked OK and nothing happens. It won't go away. I
> can't even see what I'm type now because the window is
> blocking it. I also tried to get hep from Microsoft
> Support.com and I read where a worm may have been
> starting there. So now I'm really worried and I don't
> know what to do. I don't want to just leave my screen on
> with this window. Can someone please advise me? Thank you
> very much.
>
> dee