Regedit is disabled by administrator

[Guest]

Regedit is disabled by administrator. I am the administrator and I didn't
disable it. I need to to be able to access the registry to try and fix other
Start and All Programs problems but can't get in. Task manager has also been
disabled in the same sort of way.
Please help.

 

[AllenM]

Check your Group Policy Objects.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Regedit is disabled by administrator. I am the administrator and I
didn't disable it. I need to to be able to access the registry to try
and fix other Start and All Programs problems but can't get in. Task
manager has also been disabled in the same sort of way.

You've lost the control of your system because it's severely
compromised. Take that system off the net and reinstall Windows from
scratch.

Please help.

Do not work with administrator privileges when not necessary. Otherwise,
any malware can operate with these privileges as well. You may also want
to change all passwords ASAP. In addition, reconsider your "surf-and-
click" behavior.

 

[Guest]

I have had this problem and restored the Task Manager. However, all my virus
scans and spyware scans indicate my computer is clean. How do I find out how
my Task Manager was disabled, how to protect myself from this in the future,
how do I ensure that my computer is truly clean of malware and viruses?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Error Message: "Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator"
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Taskmanager_error.htm

Enable/Disable Task Manager
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
51. Right hand side
Enable the Task Manager

Error message when you try to open Task Manager on a Windows XP-based
computer: "Task Manager has been disabled by your Administrator"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913623

Do these *often*.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Update whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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