Why do i not have a task manager on top of screen

SOURCE: Latitude d600

Dave,
At this point the virus, and it was a virus no doubt, has done irreparable damage to the operating system, and possible the hard drive. You will need an operating system disc, no way around that. Once you have the disc, then you will need to reformat the hard drive using the full NTFS format, not the quick format, to ensure total deletion of the virus, and install a new operating system. If the hard drive won't format or if you have any issues during or after the install, then the hard drive has or is failing and will need replaced. If you need any futher asststance with this just ask.

SOURCE: desk top icons

Right Click the desktop, select "Sort By", select "Show Desktop Icons". Done!

SOURCE: I can log on using my password but then nothing

Found this on the Dell support site.

• "Function key combination — Can be used to select display
  arrangement but these are best used to cycle through views after
  display settings are chosen
  Press <Fn><F8> to select the desired display arrangement."

SOURCE: I have to hit DELET-ALT-CONTROL on startup to get

I suspect that your laptop may be infected by malware. If you can get your system to start, you should run an antivirus program such as McAfee, Norton Anti-virus or Kaspersky Anti-virus. Also a program such as System Mechanic can clean up and optimize your system to improve performance. Depending upon when you last ran a defragmentation of your Hard Drive, you could be suffering performance problems related to disk fragmentatiion. it takes some time to perform these maintenance operations, but you can get your system up to snuff if you take the time.

SOURCE: boots improperly

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