This tip was submitted to us by Marvin and it is a timely tip And it applies to all versions of Windows too!
One of the most important Windows utilities is Task Manager. And there may be times, when you cannot access Task Manager in the usual ways (right-clicking on your taskbar selecting Task Manager from the menu).While on Windows XP you can access the Task Manager using Ctrl+Alt+Delete, on Windows Vista and Windows using that shortcut brings up a menu of items, one of which is the Task Manager.
But this keyboard shortcut works the same on all versions of Windows and it’s one you should commit to memory. If you become infected with malware this may be the only way to access the Task Manager. It your mouse becomes disabled or Windows becomes non-responsive, you might find you can open the Task Manger directly using this shortcut.
You’re waiting for the shortcut aren’t you? OK here it is:
CTRL+SHIFT+ESCAPE
thank you so much – all shortcuts gratefully accepted
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Thanks, always useful to know these tricks
Thanks for the tip. Handy to know.
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Take out your magic want I know you can do it.
Thank you
the keyboard strokes never work to open the task manager if computer is in the middle of doing something. i.e. the little blue circle is spinning around. This is when I need access to the task manager to kill the process that is locking up the screen/computer! Why is this option not available???? or if it is, why is it not publicized???
This is not standard Windows behavior. It sounds like your CPU, Memory, or Disk (activity)are at 100% and in which case you cannot open any program. Task Manager is not a magical process -it’s a program like any other program. Normally, one app that is not responding does not cause Windows to stop responding as in your case. It sounds to me like you have something more serious going on. Without seeing it, I cannot guess.