No close program box

I have a friend who has Win ME, and when I hit "Ctrl, Alt, Delete "
nothing happens; I get no Close Program Box. I normally use Win 98Se, so I am not sure if ME operates differently for this function, or if there is another way to access this.
Thanks for any suggestions,
Tom

 

Hi meissy56

task manager is the same atleast in the way its accessed
try it again wait awile an try again
unless they have some third party security measure installed
or maybe have multiple user profiles setup and restrictions setup for all but the system administator I woulnt have a clue about that
are you or are they haveing any other strange symtems?
could be a virus

Ill subscribe to this thred to learn about multiply user profiles.

Good luck

Lon

 

Here's some of what I found searching groups.google.com

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From: Jim Eshelman (jae@mvps.org)
Subject: Re: Ctrl Alt Del won't work, or for that matter...
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Date: 2001-07-22 23:34:27 PST

(snip)
> > Look in SYSTEM.INI file under the [386Enh] section for the line:
> > LocalReboot=Off (or maybe False) and change it to: LocalReboot=On.
> > If the line is not there, add it and save the file.
> > (Source: Ron Badour)

>
> Thanx for answer, Jim, but it didn't help. I added the line (the line wasn't
> there to begin with), saved it, and rebooted but I still can't Ctrl-Alt-Del.
> This is frustrating because if a program hangs up, I can't end it, I can only
> reboot...

Test each of those three keys individually to make sure they are still
working. Spring the $8 if necessary to swap in a different keyboard.

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From: Henri Leboeuf
Subject: Re: CTRL+ALT+DEL
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Date: 2001-12-17 07:40:23 PST

Try this fix.

Problem: When I try to use the Crtl + Alt + Del shortcut to close programs,
it won't work. The screen doesn't even appear. I've tried all the keys
separately, and they work.
Solution: Go to: Start/Run/Msconfig/
Look into System.ini for this entry.
[386Enh]
LocalReboot=Off and change it to LocalReboot=On

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From: Kelly (kelly@mvps.org)
Subject: Re: Ctrl + Alt + Del
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.performance
Date: 2002-02-28 15:25:39 PST

Go to: Start/Run/Msconfig/System.ini/[386Enh]
LocalReboot=Off and change it to LocalReboot=On

Add the line if need be, save and exit.

 

Thanks much, help always appreciated,
Tom

 

Hi Tom,

Thanks for posting back.

So, did anything mentioned help your friend with his Ctrl/Alt/Delete problem?

 

Hi Alice:
I have not been to my friends lately, but I am going there tonight.
I will let you know if any of these cures work.
Thanks, Tom

 

Hi to all:
This fix will work if you do not have any other issues in ME. I went into system.ini and then under [386Enh] found the line LocalReboot=Off and changed it to [On] and then Ctrl, Alt, Delete worked.
Thanks very much to all-----
Tom

 

Hey Tom, that's great

Thanks for posting back with the solution.

 

YA_BUT

yabut

Hi I just got to know why or how it got disabled ?
By some security tweek
by some virus

?

Lonny

 

Not really sure what happened to make this not work. It may of never worked, possibly coming from the factory configured wrong? Who knows. The people who own the machine are VERY PC illiterate, so they may have never used this function.
Tom