Arpy81,

When you press Ctrl-Alt-Del in WinXP, you get a "Task Manager" instead of the Win98 "Close Program" window.  Task Manager has all of the same functions as the Win98 "Close Program" window, but with many more features including more information about how your computer is running at that moment.  Here is some info from Windows Help and Support about Task Manager:

Task Manager provides information about programs and processes running on your computer. It also displays the most commonly used performance measures for processes.

You can use Task Manager to monitor key indicators of your computer's performance. You can see the status of the programs that are running and end programs that have stopped responding. You can also assess the activity of running processes using as many as fifteen parameters, and see graphs and data on CPU and memory usage.

In addition, if you are connected to a network, you can view network status and see how your network is functioning.

If you have more than one user connected to your computer, you can see who is connected, what they are working on, and you can send them a message.

Click one of the following for more information:

Programs that are running

Processes that are running

Performance measures

Viewing Network performance

Monitoring Sessions

The Users tab displays users who can access this computer, and session status and names. Client Name specifies the name of the client computer using the session, if applicable. Session provides a name for you to use to perform such tasks as sending another user a message or connecting to another user’s session.

the Users tab is displayed only if the computer you are working on has Fast User Switching enabled, and is a member of a workgroup or is a standalone computer. The Users tab is unavailable on computers that are members of a network domain.

Man it's nice to have a Big Brother :-) 

Thank You for Your response.  I'll check out the links and hopefully learn something. I'm pretty much lost with WinXP Pro until I can get a book on it.

Thanks again,

Ron  

Well,  I was going to check out the links, but when I mouse over them the pointer turns into a hand but none of the links work.  I'll play around with the task manager though and see what I can come up with.

I searched through The Windows help files but I think I was using the wrong terminology.  I'll try your terminology and see what I can come up with

Thanks

Ron

Arpy81,

If the link does not work directly, copy and paste into your browser. 

Steve

They are not links to a web pages.

All that stuff is on your computer anyway, just open task manager and click on the help button.

XP pro is a lot different then 98 but once you get used to it you will find that it's a lot better.

When I load programs I unhook my cable modem and turn off my anti virus and firewall.

Thanks for the help.  Copying and pasting didn't work (I got Google when I did that).  I'll search through some new terms.  I'm sure I'll come up with something.

I have a lot of learning to do with this new system. Besides WinXP Pro, Norton Internet Security is another learning curve. Never used a Firewall before (I'm on Dial-Up) but getting ready to switch to DSL.

Thanks for Your help.

Ron