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    help me fix my task manager.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by grasshopper, Dec 3, 2008.

  1. grasshopper

    grasshopper Notebook Consultant

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    i don't know what happened but my task manager is missing a lot of the functions. I think I press something and this happened.

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    grasshopper, Dec 3, 2008
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    system restore.
     
    McGrady, Dec 3, 2008
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  3. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    lol... no need for that... just double-click the gray area above the column headings.
     
    swarmer, Dec 3, 2008
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    Alex Super Moderator

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    I have seen this after a virus
     
    Alex, Dec 3, 2008
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    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    yea like swarmer said its just a feature which is in Taskmanager in both XP and Vista

    check this out : http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3633/vista-use-the-task-manager-as-a-desktop-gadget/
     
    vinumsv, Dec 3, 2008
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  6. grasshopper

    grasshopper Notebook Consultant

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    thanks. doubleclick fixed it. "system restore" haha.
     
    grasshopper, Dec 3, 2008
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    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    lmao never seen that in TM before, so no clue what he did to get that. i thought maybe he installed or messed with something you shouldn't have, hence my suggestion of doing a system restore.
     
    McGrady, Dec 3, 2008
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    pacmandelight Notebook Deity

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    If you double click an empty gray space on task manager, it switches to a full window tab. Double click again, and it switches back to multiple tabs.
     
    pacmandelight, Dec 4, 2008
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  9. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    it's called tiny footprint mode and its been around for á looong time. Of course, one could argue shaving a quarter inch of space off the top is hardly a tiny footprint, but that's what they call it

    personally, I've always felt this was Microsoft's little trick --they like to mess with people's heads
     
    gerryf19, Dec 4, 2008
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    lol. system restore. nice one! it's been around since xp from what i can remember. it baffled me for weeks until i was randomly clicking out of frustration and fixed it. :)
     
    amoney3, Dec 4, 2008
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