Ctrl+alt+del oddity

[Ant]

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]

Originally Posted by Ant

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.

[Ant]

Spanners,
You're a star!!

[145qrh]

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]

Originally Posted by 145qrh

... Dontcha just love Uncle Bill's Patent Computer Operating System

Nope. Another reason to choose an alternative OS.

[tiggermoth]

Originally Posted by matelot

Nope. Another reason to choose an alternative OS.

I agree, try Linux. (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)