# Crazy, crazy Task Manager in XP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-crazy-task-manager-in-xp/229799>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-crazy-task-manager-in-xp/229799 "2004-02-18T15:58:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-crazy-task-manager-in-xp/229799/1 "2004-02-18T15:58:24Z")

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My Task Manager (alt-ctrl-del) has suddenly changed – I can only see the running tasks, and can end tasks, but the other tabs (performance…) are not showing. The Close button to close the application is also absent.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-crazy-task-manager-in-xp/229799/2 "2004-02-18T16:24:51Z")

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Is there anything on the running tasks list that shouldn’t be there?

My first reaction to this is there may be some sort of spyware / malware on your PC and part of its operation is to make it impossible to be stopped via taskman.

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**Author:** ![collinsc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@collinsc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/collinsc)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-crazy-task-manager-in-xp/229799/3 "2004-02-18T16:28:26Z")

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> [@aka\_10003](#):
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> My Task Manager (alt-ctrl-del) has suddenly changed – I can only see the running tasks, and can end tasks, but the other tabs (performance…) are not showing. The Close button to close the application is also absent.
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> Any ideas?

Double click on the border.

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**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-crazy-task-manager-in-xp/229799/4 "2004-02-18T17:17:22Z")

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GENIUS!!

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-crazy-task-manager-in-xp/229799/5 "2004-02-18T18:02:30Z")

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> [@collinsc](#):
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> Double click on the border.

Thanks! I’ve been trying to figure out what my stepdad did to cripple his task manager window and how to fix it.