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TimmyJ   07-08-2005 at 06:21:37 AM

I have recently noticed that Task Manager no longer displays the user name for my list of processes running. Does anyone know how I can get them back?
Thanks.

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sturm   07-08-2005 at 07:12:16 AM
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goto view , select columns. left side at bottom is user.

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Jake_Barnes   07-08-2005 at 02:21:08 PM
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Nope - that didn't work.


<b>"The Edge - there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." Hunter S. Thompson, </b><b><i>Hell's Angels, 1965</i></b>

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fishmahn   07-08-2005 at 07:15:11 PM
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Check the scroll bar and see if the column is scrolled off to the right (i.e., other columns are too wide.

Failing that, do you have administrator priviledges?

Mike.

<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>

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Jake_Barnes   07-14-2005 at 12:43:09 AM
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Yep - but no name in column.


<b>"The Edge - there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." Hunter S. Thompson, </b><b><i>Hell's Angels, 1965</i></b>

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fishmahn   07-14-2005 at 04:19:31 PM
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Hmmm... I may be confused here - do you have a name column with no names in it, or do you not even have a name column?

Mike.

<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>

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Riser   07-14-2005 at 05:09:26 PM
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When you go to View - Select Columns -

Is User Name checked?

If it is.. remove all other checkboxes (except image name since it's probably grayed out).

You can sometimes accidently make a column disappear by shrinking it into another column's edge.

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Jake_Barnes   07-14-2005 at 09:41:59 PM
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I have a name column ... but no name ... and I've expanded and shrunk the column width ... it was an interesting question, but I, nevertheless, know who I am ... :)


<b>"The Edge - there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." Hunter S. Thompson, </b><b><i>Hell's Angels, 1965</i></b>

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fishmahn   07-14-2005 at 11:09:01 PM
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Interesting...

Quote :

I, nevertheless, know who I am


But your computer doesn't...

Which could be a good thing. :)

Google sent me here: <A HREF="http://www.winxptutor.com/tmuserblank.htm" target="_new">winxptutor.com</A>. Maybe that's the problem.

Mike.

<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>

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Jake_Barnes   07-14-2005 at 11:18:30 PM
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Yep ... that was it ... I had that service disabled (as per Black Viper) ... and am gonna leave it disabled ... but thanks for clearing that up. Must have been one of the tweaks I employed at some time.


<b>"The Edge - there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." Hunter S. Thompson, </b><b><i>Hell's Angels, 1965</i></b>

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jikcal   06-09-2009 at 06:48:28 PM
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TimmyJ wrote :

I have recently noticed that Task Manager no longer displays the user name for my list of processes running. Does anyone know how I can get them back?
Thanks.



This worked excellently for me: Click Start and select Run. Type: services.msc
On the list of services, that pops up, double click on Terminal Services. On the Start type select Automatic. This starts the Terminal service right away and automatically at start up hereafter.
Cheers,
jikcal

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