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geoprizmbw05 · 10-09-2008, 06:02 PM

Okay so I'm a total novice in terms of computers, but there are some major problems with mine.

I have a Dell Intell-Pentium 4 processor with Windows XP, I bought it new in 2005 and I'm having some issues with it.

1) I don't have or cannot access my task manager.
I've tried ctr alt del and that only brings up the green network box which then continues to multiply so i have like 20 that i have to click out of .
I've tried accessing my task manager through the control panel and putting it as not-accessible (i don't remember exactly what I did but I got instructions offline) and that didn't work.
I'm afraid that there are constantly programs running that I can't get rid of and that is why my computer is so slow... which is my next issue.

2) My computer runs very slowly even though I only have minimal programs (i've deleted numerous unnecessary apps) and I even bought extra memory for it about a year ago. Nearly since I bought the computer anything i play on it (music, movies, tv) sounds all slowed down and skips like an old cd player). I've run numerous scans (i have symantec) but it hasn't found a virus so I don't know what the problem is.

3) Very recently my computer has been taking about 30-40 minutes to shut down. I click shut down and it goes through the process of closing all the programs that I guess were open (no task manager) and that takes about 10-15 minutes. Then it will show only my desktop picture (no start menu/icons) for about 5 minutes. From there it goes to the blue shut down screen for another 15 (saying it's saving my settings and then that it is shutting down) and then finally it shuts off. I have NO IDEA what is going on. I've run scans and tried everything I can think of (not much) but it's still a problem!!

PLEASE HELPPPP!!

THANKS!

10-09-2008, 06:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
geoprizmbw05 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	No Task Manager and Computer won't shut down Okay so I'm a total novice in terms of computers, but there are some major problems with mine. I have a Dell Intell-Pentium 4 processor with Windows XP, I bought it new in 2005 and I'm having some issues with it. 1) I don't have or cannot access my task manager. I've tried ctr alt del and that only brings up the green network box which then continues to multiply so i have like 20 that i have to click out of . I've tried accessing my task manager through the control panel and putting it as not-accessible (i don't remember exactly what I did but I got instructions offline) and that didn't work. I'm afraid that there are constantly programs running that I can't get rid of and that is why my computer is so slow... which is my next issue. 2) My computer runs very slowly even though I only have minimal programs (i've deleted numerous unnecessary apps) and I even bought extra memory for it about a year ago. Nearly since I bought the computer anything i play on it (music, movies, tv) sounds all slowed down and skips like an old cd player). I've run numerous scans (i have symantec) but it hasn't found a virus so I don't know what the problem is. 3) Very recently my computer has been taking about 30-40 minutes to shut down. I click shut down and it goes through the process of closing all the programs that I guess were open (no task manager) and that takes about 10-15 minutes. Then it will show only my desktop picture (no start menu/icons) for about 5 minutes. From there it goes to the blue shut down screen for another 15 (saying it's saving my settings and then that it is shutting down) and then finally it shuts off. I have NO IDEA what is going on. I've run scans and tried everything I can think of (not much) but it's still a problem!! PLEASE HELPPPP!! THANKS!