task manager disabled....restrictions in effect on this computer

[Guest]

Okay Board..I'm going nuts...the Cox Cable guy changed my regedit.exe to try
and keep the little rascals from messing up the computer and now my taskbar
has been disabled, evertime I go to regedit to try and fix (using various
fixes I have found on the net) and finally get it fixed..it defaults back to
the bad way on reboot. HELP I have done this fix and many others:

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v
DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Thanks for the input

KCD

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

KCD,

Then some program or trojan is changing the value automatically.

Run these malware cleaners:

1. Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

2. SpyBot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org

3. CWShredder
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Update 1 & 2 before running a scan.

Clean-up Windows Startup:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startup.htm

Then, run a full system virus scan with fully updated definitions. Try Trend
Micro's Sysclean package (free), it's capable of eliminating keyloggers,
trojans etc.

Generic Trojan / Adware Infestation Removal Procedure:
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/scanners.htm

Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator:
http://www.winhelponline.com/Taskmanager_error.htm


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
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