# Task Manager question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-question/399324 "2007-04-09T15:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-question/399324/1 "2007-04-09T15:18:13Z")
I have XP, a Dell, less than two years old. For some reason the task manager will not stay up. I opened it in safe mode, and it doesn’t seem like anything is going on, at least in safe mode, but why am I not able to see task manager? ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-question/399324/2 "2007-04-09T15:54:57Z")
Does not stay up? By this you mean you cannot get it to come up at all? Not any of the 3 ways? 1. You can press CTRL + ALT + DEL and click Task Manager from the Windows Security dialog box. 2. You can right click on the Task Bar and click Task Manager. 3. You can press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC and Task Manager will open automatically. Are you logged on as Admin? Have you run an AV scan in safe mode? I would boot up in safe mode with networking and run an online scan, this one is the best IMO: [Trend Micro](http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/index.html) On the left, under “popular Tools and Links” run HouseCall. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-question/399324/3 "2007-04-09T16:17:04Z")
You almost certainly have an infection that is closing it. You can try [Process Monitor](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx) instead of Task Manager to see what’s running. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/task-manager-question/399324/4 "2007-04-09T18:58:42Z")
Ok, just got home from errands, will start working on it. I downloaded process manager, and a whole bunch of stuff is coming up, how do I tell what is what?