How odd. No matter what method I use to open my task manager I get whatever display I last used and left it set at. So if I left it at "performance" then it opens to a graphic. I still get options to change though.

When did you start getting these symptoms? I don't know what else to try other than running the "system restore" and going back to a point where it was working.

Looks like you've been having some other problems too. Have you done the full virus scan to eliminate that as a possible cause?