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Anonymous   04-17-2005 at 01:25:02 AM

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Since the most recent windows update, when I hit cntrl-alt-del to open the
control panel, I only get the pane withthe running tasks listed. the tabs,
the menu, and even the whole blue surround with the min, max, and close
buttons are missing. I tried to to do a restore, but none of the restore
points, which are created daily, will work. Any ideas?

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Anonymous   04-17-2005 at 02:03:01 AM
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Oops, I meant task manager where I typed control panel; unfortunately the
words Task Manager also are not displayed when it opens, hence my mistake!

"Peter S." wrote:

> Since the most recent windows update, when I hit cntrl-alt-del to open the
> control panel, I only get the pane withthe running tasks listed. the tabs,
> the menu, and even the whole blue surround with the min, max, and close
> buttons are missing. I tried to to do a restore, but none of the restore
> points, which are created daily, will work. Any ideas?

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Anonymous   04-17-2005 at 09:08:46 AM
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"Peter S." <Peter S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AA5F8F90-2B96-4C80-991D-127A5C7DB2CB@microsoft.com...
> Since the most recent windows update, when I hit cntrl-alt-del to open the
> control panel, I only get the pane withthe running tasks listed. the
> tabs,
> the menu, and even the whole blue surround with the min, max, and close
> buttons are missing. I tried to to do a restore, but none of the restore
> points, which are created daily, will work. Any ideas?

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Anonymous   04-17-2005 at 05:31:59 AM
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Double click the outside edge to get it back to normal.

"Peter S." <Peter S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AA5F8F90-2B96-4C80-991D-127A5C7DB2CB@microsoft.com...
> Since the most recent windows update, when I hit cntrl-alt-del to open the
> control panel, I only get the pane withthe running tasks listed. the
> tabs,
> the menu, and even the whole blue surround with the min, max, and close
> buttons are missing. I tried to to do a restore, but none of the restore
> points, which are created daily, will work. Any ideas?

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Anonymous   04-17-2005 at 05:32:00 AM
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. That was just a little too obvious!

"RonK" wrote:

> Double click the outside edge to get it back to normal.
>
> "Peter S." <Peter S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AA5F8F90-2B96-4C80-991D-127A5C7DB2CB@microsoft.com...
> > Since the most recent windows update, when I hit cntrl-alt-del to open the
> > control panel, I only get the pane withthe running tasks listed. the
> > tabs,
> > the menu, and even the whole blue surround with the min, max, and close
> > buttons are missing. I tried to to do a restore, but none of the restore
> > points, which are created daily, will work. Any ideas?
>
>
>

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Anonymous   04-17-2005 at 02:19:43 PM
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You're welcome.

"Peter S." <Peter S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:22F17D5B-54A8-4593-99B0-18AFDBC07C61@microsoft.com...
> Thank you, thank you, thank you. That was just a little too obvious!
>
> "RonK" wrote:
>
>> Double click the outside edge to get it back to normal.
>>
>> "Peter S." <Peter S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AA5F8F90-2B96-4C80-991D-127A5C7DB2CB@microsoft.com...
>> > Since the most recent windows update, when I hit cntrl-alt-del to open
>> > the
>> > control panel, I only get the pane withthe running tasks listed. the
>> > tabs,
>> > the menu, and even the whole blue surround with the min, max, and close
>> > buttons are missing. I tried to to do a restore, but none of the
>> > restore
>> > points, which are created daily, will work. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>

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