The Windows Task Manager

The Task Manager will list all running programs. The hung program (if any) will have the words not
responding after the program name in the Status column of the display. Click the name of that errant
program, and then click the End Task button. The program should close, and things should return to
normal. To close the Windows Task Manager, click the Close (large red X) button in its upper-right
corner.
Again, only use the Windows Task Manager as a last resort. As you’ll learn later, there are far better
and safer ways to end “normally” running programs.
Using the Help and Support Center
Windows XP offers a wide range of Help and Support options. You can see what’s available by doing
either of the following:
Click the Start button, and then click Help and Support.
Press the Help key (labeled F1 near the upper-left corner of your keyboard).
Tip The Help key (F1) is almost universal. You can press it in just about any program to
get help for whatever program you’re working with at the moment.
The Help and Support Center will open (see Figure 1-10). Some options on the screen are updated
automatically from time to time, via the Internet. So yours may not look exactly like the one shown. To
use this, just click any blue text that looks interesting. The Windows basics help topic provides
instructions for specific tasks (although not in any particular order).