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Having had to fully re-install Win XP home on a brand new drive, we find we no longer have all the googies that came with pressing Ctrl+alt+del , such as processor usage, list of running processes, graph of network usage etc. All there is is just the task manager window. Have googled to no avail. Thanks.
spannersatcx
4th Jan 2007, 08:50
Having had to fully re-install Win XP home on a brand new drive, we find we no longer have all the googies that came with pressing Ctrl+alt+del , such as processor usage, list of running processes, graph of network usage etc. All there is is just the task manager window. Have googled to no avail. Thanks.
Task Manager is running in "tiny footprint mode". To correct this, simply double-click on the border around the window and it will return to its normal state.
Spanners,
You're a star!!
145qrh
6th Jan 2007, 12:08
I wish I'd known that earlier, last time I had in that mode had to do sytem restore to get it back...
Dontcha just love Uncle Bill's Patent Computer Operating System:}
matelot
6th Jan 2007, 13:51
... Dontcha just love Uncle Bill's Patent Computer Operating System:}
Nope. Another reason to choose an alternative OS.
tiggermoth
7th Jan 2007, 13:27
Nope. Another reason to choose an alternative OS.
I agree, try Linux (http://www.ubuntu.com/). :) (Oh, and it's free too)
(The link I've given is for Ubuntu Linux, but there are plenty of other "Flavours" ('distribution') that all have their merit)