Task Manager Unstable, I don't know why.

[FBA]

I'm using Windows 2000 SP3, and I am having a problem with task manager. My security patches are current, they are the same ones that shipped with SP4, but were released also as a separate SP3 update.

It seems the longer I leave my computer running, the more likely task manager is to crash when I invoke it. Usually when I try to ctrl+alt+del, or open it from the taskbar, taskmgr crashes thusly "Program Error: tasmrg.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows." Then it tries to load DrWatson (which I previously removed from the PC), and then the whole mess crashes miserably, taking a bunch of other systray apps with it. Reboot, etc.

Of course, I re-extracted the file from te CAB set, no works. I know it's not a virus, I know it's not a trojan. I know what it's not, but not what it is.

Thanks for reading this. Has anyone ever has a similar problem?

Respectfully,
mike

[Steve R Jones]

Might try this:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;292175