task manager disappears - help needed

[beantown]

help needed - cannot open Task Manager. Even when going
through the "start" then "run" taskmgr.exe, the task
manager opens for a split second then disappears. I was
told by Lexmark that I had too many Tasks open and had to
close them so that I could print Internet sites or
emails. Right now, I cannot print either. And if I
can't get to Task Manager, I can't quit the tasks...any
advice on how to fix? I'm running Windows XP and Office
2003 on my home computer.

[purplehaz]

Common symptoms of several viruses. Do a virus scan with updated and current
anti-virus software.

beantown wrote:
> help needed - cannot open Task Manager. Even when going
> through the "start" then "run" taskmgr.exe, the task
> manager opens for a split second then disappears. I was
> told by Lexmark that I had too many Tasks open and had to
> close them so that I could print Internet sites or
> emails. Right now, I cannot print either. And if I
> can't get to Task Manager, I can't quit the tasks...any
> advice on how to fix? I'm running Windows XP and Office
> 2003 on my home computer.

[Josh]

Normally I would probably agree, but everyone that I've
seen having this issue, some had a virus on top of another
problem. I would explore both avenues, if virus scan up
to date and you scan to find nothing, check my other post
on this subject.

>-----Original Message-----
>Common symptoms of several viruses. Do a virus scan with
updated and current
>anti-virus software.
>
>beantown wrote:
>> help needed - cannot open Task Manager. Even when going
>> through the "start" then "run" taskmgr.exe, the task
>> manager opens for a split second then disappears. I was
>> told by Lexmark that I had too many Tasks open and had
to
>> close them so that I could print Internet sites or
>> emails. Right now, I cannot print either. And if I
>> can't get to Task Manager, I can't quit the tasks...any
>> advice on how to fix? I'm running Windows XP and Office
>> 2003 on my home computer.
>
>
>.
>

[pacsteel]

I am having same problem. Did you find a solution?

email:

[Kelly]

This behavior can be caused by a virus. One of three:

W32.Spybot.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html

W32.Klez.Worm


W32.Yaha.Worm


Troubleshooting the Task Manager
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm#tm

Enable the Task Manager (Line 51 and 275)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

If the above doesn't apply:

Spybot
http://tinyurl.com/btf8

Hijack This
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Free Online Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"pacsteel" > wrote in message
s.com...
> I am having same problem. Did you find a solution?
>
> email:
> --
> pacsteel
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> posted via www.PCBanter.net
>

[Kelly]

This behavior can be caused by a virus. One of three:

W32.Spybot.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html

W32.Klez.Worm


W32.Yaha.Worm


Troubleshooting the Task Manager
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm#tm

Enable the Task Manager (Line 51 and 275)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

If the above doesn't apply:

Spybot
http://tinyurl.com/btf8

Hijack This
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Free Online Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"pacsteel" > wrote in message
s.com...
> I am having same problem. Did you find a solution?
>
> email:
> --
> pacsteel
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> posted via www.PCBanter.net
>

[Malke]

Pat wrote:

> I had this same problem and updated Norton AntiVirus. It detected
> W32.spybot.worm on file Windows/System32.WINCFG.SCR. Norton couldn't
> repair it, but after Quarantined, the problem went away. I am not able
> to repair this Quarantined file, so I don't know what to do next. Hope
> this helps, Pat P.S. Thanks Kelly

Delete the file from Norton's Quarantine.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Pat,

That file IS the virus, it's not a system file. Delete it without
reservation.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Pat" > wrote in message
...
> I had this same problem and updated Norton AntiVirus. It detected
W32.spybot.worm on file Windows/System32.WINCFG.SCR. Norton couldn't repair
it, but after Quarantined, the problem went away.
> I am not able to repair this Quarantined file, so I don't know what to do
next.
> Hope this helps,
> Pat
> P.S. Thanks Kelly