crt-alt-del shuts itself down

whenever I press crt-alt-del it will only stay open for a
few seconds, same with regedit. I can not figure out what
it is, housecall says no virus.

Help pls

Joe

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm and scroll down
to the topic titled "Task Manager - Control/Alt/Delete - Doesn't Work"

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

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Create usable copies of REGEDIT, MSCONFIG and Task Manger:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Joe" wrote in message:
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| whenever I press crt-alt-del it will only stay open for a
| few seconds, same with regedit. I can not figure out what
| it is, housecall says no virus.
|
| Help pls
|
| Joe