How to open Task manager?

Windows Task Manager is used to provide information about the processes currently active and programs running on a computer, other than that display the general status of the computer. It can also be used to terminate (Kill) processes and programs, as well as change the processes.

1. Ctrl + Alt + Del > Click Task Manager. This is the most commonly used method.
2. Right click on the Task Bar and select “Task Manager” from the popup menu.
3. Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
4. Start > Run > taskmgr. This is handy for making a shortcut.

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Computer History

Who is the inventor of the computer?
The computer was invented in 1945 by Charles Babbage. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.
At 27 tons and the size of an entire room, the world's first computer was the ENIAC or Electronic Numerator Integrator Analyzer and Computer. True to form, ENIAC also makes big noises, cracking and buzzing while performing an equation of 5,000 additions. Before the invention of ENIAC, it took a room full of people to calculate a similar equation. Basic answer 1945!
Charles Babbage invented the analytical engine, a computing device.

Charles Babbage 1791-1871

Charles Babbage developed the analytical engine project after an earlier computing project the difference engine that Babbage started in 1822. The difference engine could solve polynomial equations using a numerical method called the "method of differences". However, the analytical engine was the first general computational device, with the ability to solve different types of equations.
http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Charles_Babbage.htm

Alan Turing

Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science
Turing provided an influential formalization of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

Name Alan Mathison Turing
Born 23 June 1912
London, England
Died 7 June 1954 (aged 41)
Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Residence England
Nationality English
Fields Mathematician, Logician, cryptographer
Institutions University of Manchester
National Physical Laboratory
University of Cambridge
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Princeton University
Doctoral advisor Alonzo Church
Known for Halting Problem
Notable awards Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society
Religious stance Atheist

Inventor of first working programmable computer
1935-1938: Konrad Zuse builds Z1, world's first program-controlled computer http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html

Who is the inventor of the computer Mouse? Douglas Engelbart invented point and click computing with the computer mouse
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/engelbart.html

What are the latest major inventions in computers?
Blue-Ray drives (improved DVD storage).

Definitions

What is a Virus?
A virus is a manmade program or piece of code that causes an unexpected, usually negative, event. Viruses are often disguised games or images with clever marketing titles such as "Me, nude."
Or
A computer virus is a piece of code that is secretly introduced into a system in order to corrupt it or destroy data. Often viruses are hidden in other programs or documents and when opened, the virus is let loose.

What is a Worm?
Computer Worms are viruses that reside in the active memory of a computer and duplicate themselves. They may send copies of themselves to other computers, such as through email or Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
Or
A computer worm is a program which copies itself across a network.A computer worm differs from a computer virus in that a computer worm can run itself. A virus needs a host program to run, and the virus code runs as part of the host program. A computer worm can spread without a host program, although some modern computer worms also use files to hide inside.

What is a Trojan Horse?
A Trojan horse program is a malicious program that pretends to be a benign application; a Trojan horse program purposefully does something the user does not expect. Trojans are not viruses since they do not replicate, but Trojan horse programs can be just as destructive.
Many people use the term to refer only to non-replicating malicious programs, thus making a distinction between Trojans and viruses.
Or
This is a program that disguises itself as another program. Similar to a virus, these programs are hidden and cause an unwanted effect. They differ from viruses because they are normally not designed to replicate like a virus.

COMPUTER VIRUS ALERT

You should be alert during the next days:
Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Invitation' regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it. If you receive a mail called ' invitation' , though sent by a friend, do not open it and shut down your computer immediately. This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday(19-04-2008), and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept

Folder Option, Task Manager Disabled Virus

Do your computer infected with the Folder option disable (w32.rontokbro@mm) virus?
You can use “Smart anti-virus 1.2” tool using following link

http://technize.com/content/downloads/Smart_AV.exe

Using this tool you can easily restore the Folder Option, Task Manager and other Windows default settings.
For More details you can visit:- http://technize.com/2007/07/18/new-folderexe-sohanad-virus-removal-tool/