ctrl + alt + del does not work

[guldan]

I'm working on a gateway 400 mghz pentium II with 190mb of ram and for some reason ctrl alt del no longer works (win98se)
does anyone know why?

 

[Comtech]

If the keyboard is not initialized correctly, windows (or even DOS after a crash) won't see the keyboard, thus nothing works. Cheers,
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[guldan]

I can see where that would be true. and I wish that it was that easy. but alas it's not. the computer has not crashed in some time and when it boots it is seeing the legacy keyboard. and all of the keys are functioning. ie..
(alt + tab) (ctrl+a) (alt + right arrow) etc etc.

 

[jakrabit]

have you tried a different keyboard? it could be possible that one of the keys in the sequence you are using no longer works properly...

or, try CTRL+ALT+(on the keypad, it's the period)NUMBERPAD DEL ...

Shane
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DOA, SOL, AWOL, PEBKAC, id10t, FUBAR

 

[guldan]

I tried it with the key pad and that does not work either

 

[gamblers]

Maybe you need to try using another keyboard, because one of your alt, ctrl, del. keys are bad like the connection to the circuitry inside the keyboard is not made.

 

[rtshort]

Bill Gates would roll over in his grave if he knew "ctrl_alt_del" wouldn't work on a Windows computer.

Yea Yea, I know he's not dead yet, but he hasn't seen this post. It may well put him there. LOL ;-)

 

[edfair]

How about booting off a floppy DOS system and see if ir reboots from there.
You can then know whether it is keyboard or OS problem.
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[guldan]

It turns out that the ctrl and alt on one side of the keyboard don't work but the other side does.
Can't have partialy functional equipment so I replaced the keyboard.

THANX ALL