If the option "Replace Task Manager" is enabled in Process Explorer options,
then it attaches to Task Manager as a debugger. This means that Process
Explorer would start whenever you use the CTRL+ALT+DEL sequence. The result
would be the same even if you launch taskmgr.exe directly from the System32
folder.

http://geekswithblogs.net/ssimakov/a.../22/26930.aspx

BTW, the "Replace Task Manager" option is not enabled by default.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

> It's fine for an installation of a
> program to make itself available as a choice, but I don't think any
> third-party program should take away the option of running the
> built-in Windows program.

Exactly the same thing happens with Process Explorer from
www.sysinternals.com

Once you install it, it behaves in exactly the same way as Task Manager. For
example, Ctrl-Alt-Del invokes Process Explorers, not Task Manager.

But that's fine. It was a deliberate choice to install it, so that's what
one would expect.

Task Manager has not been deleted from the system. It's just that you have
to know where it is in order to invoke it. In fact, I have forgotten where
it is - I would have to search for it. Presumably it is somewhere like
C:\Windows\System32
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Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au