# Task manager doesn't come up **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-doesnt-come-up/223592 "2004-01-09T05:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kookiecanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e495f1/32.png) [@kookiecanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kookiecanuck)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-doesnt-come-up/223592/1 "2004-01-09T05:11:57Z")
I’ve heard it might be a virus but i’ve checked and found nothing. When I right-click on bar at bottom the menu comes up but when I click on task manager it just disappears, no task manager. Any ideas? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dakravel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dakravel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dakravel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-doesnt-come-up/223592/2 "2004-01-09T05:22:36Z")
What OS are you using? I believe the right click on taskbar thing came about with NT, so you should be able to bring up the taskbar by pressing ctrl+alt+del. ---
**Author:** ![kookiecanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e495f1/32.png) [@kookiecanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kookiecanuck)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-doesnt-come-up/223592/3 "2004-01-09T05:23:55Z")
I am using XP and oddly enough ctrl-alt-del does nothing now, not even reboot. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-doesnt-come-up/223592/4 "2004-01-09T05:28:17Z")
My computer has occasionally done this, usually after several weeks without rebooting. I’ve found that a manual reboot solve the problem quite nicely.