ctrl - alt - del Doesn't Work

All of a sudden, I notice that I can't access task manager using the standard method. I was thinking I might have a virus of some kind that disabled it, but I have scanned the computer and everything looks clean. I can open up task manager by running taskmgr.exe and I'm not seeing any unusual activity.

Any thoughts as to why ctrl-alt-del isn't working? I guess it could be a keyboard problem, but I can use the ctrl and del keys in certain programs and they seem to be working normally. (Not sure how to test the alt key)

 

I had this issue in a domain environment. The PC wasnt authenticating correctly against the domain. All I had to do was remove it from the domain, restart, and readd it.

 

Sorry - not sure I understand your response. This is a computer on a home network. Are you suggesting I should remove it from the network and then re-add it? If yes, how would I do that?

 

Im afraid it wont work on a home network. This is on a domain.

Try some of the suggestions in this thread:

http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/ctrl-alt-del-does-not-work.24972/

 

Thanks, I read the thread - it reminded it that it might be as simple as a bad keyboard. And that's what it was - One of the alt keys isnt working. It's an old laptop - something I can live with.

 

It's actually more efficient to access Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc or by right clicking on the taskbar and clicking "Task Manager" (or "Start Task Manager", depending on your version of Windows). This obviously doesn't solve the original problem but since most of the people I talk to that are not computer savvy are not aware of these options I thought it might be helpful to someone.

 

It was helpful to me - thank you