ok maby all you XP users know this already but .... (re: task manager)

[VIPER_1069]

Yeah, I know... and somehow you are right.
However, this is the way windows work, and you cannot do much about it.
Under Linux, whenever you have the graphical environment frozen (badly coded app, badly coded graphical server, or both of them...) you can always press alt+ctrl+backspace to restart the graphical environment- the core system will not be affected.
And even if the above procedure does not work, pressing alt+ctrl+F1-6 will bring you a virtual terminal to logon.
And as a last resort, if none of the above simple tricks is working, you can set and use the system magic key (usually alt+SysRq+v) to get a working console- hopefully with debugging options.
I guess all these options will be ported to Windows Vista- or not?

in xp you can actually restart explorer although manually browsing in task manager for the explorer.exe

not perfect but can get you back into windows gui to carry on

[banzibaby]

*whispers ProcessExplorer whispers*

Much better than Taskman, M$ liked it so much the bought the company lol

BaNzI

[02coled]

another little trick to shut down quickly press the windows key once then "u" and then "u" again simple as and alot faster than having to click everything.