When I hit alt-ctrl-delete the task manager comes up for a split second and then disapears. Need help

Mike, It's probably a virus causing your problem. Check out the possibilities at the link below. Task Manager disappears while opening HTH, Tufenuf

After making sure my anti-virus was updated. I ran a scan. It found nothing. Here are the results of the scan. Started scanning: 12:57:59 PM, 4/5/2004 Major dat file v4008 Minor dat file v5360 Macro data file Apr 5 2004 (VMD Ver 1.6) Scanning boot sectors... C:\ Master Boot Record matches template, is OK: standard Win95 OSR2. C:\ Partition Boot Record matches template, is OK: standard Win2000 (4). Scanning file(s)... Finished scanning: 1:08:29 PM, 4/5/2004 Number of files scanned: 51499. Number of files that could not be scanned: 53 No file viruses detected. Please refer to the log file for full scan results. To view the log file, select View | View Log Files | Virus Scan.

Mike, Go to the link below and under the letter "T" scroll down to "Task Manager" where you'll find several possible solutions. Task Manager Problems Tufenuf