Task manager disabled by administrator?

[Ed H]

I'm trying to ctl, alt + delete, to get task manager, I get a warning"Task
manager has been disabled by administrator, I am the administrator. Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Enable or Disable Task Manager for the Current User
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| I'm trying to ctl, alt + delete, to get task manager, I get a warning"Task
| manager has been disabled by administrator, I am the administrator. Thanks.
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| Ed H
| Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Professional SP2
| 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.

 

[Guest]

I would talk to your admin and ask the reason [he/she] disabled it. I think
it is safe to say any admin on this newsgroup would back me up on how there
is really no reason to disable it. If they want to keep people from killing
processes like ALTIRIS (or other client monitoring apps), then there are
other ways to do so.

-Adam.D

 

[Ed H]

I am the administrator, that's what's ironic about it. The exe worked fine,
thanks Carey! What causes this?
--
Ed H
Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Professional SP2
60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.

I would talk to your admin and ask the reason [he/she] disabled it. I
think
it is safe to say any admin on this newsgroup would back me up on how
there
is really no reason to disable it. If they want to keep people from
killing
processes like ALTIRIS (or other client monitoring apps), then there are
other ways to do so.

-Adam.D

I'm trying to ctl, alt + delete, to get task manager, I get a
warning"Task
manager has been disabled by administrator, I am the administrator.
Thanks.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Ed,

Mostly, malware cause this. Follow-up with a cleanup.

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

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

I am the administrator, that's what's ironic about it. The exe worked fine,
thanks Carey! What causes this?
--
Ed H
Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Professional SP2
60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.

I would talk to your admin and ask the reason [he/she] disabled it. I
think
it is safe to say any admin on this newsgroup would back me up on how
there
is really no reason to disable it. If they want to keep people from
killing
processes like ALTIRIS (or other client monitoring apps), then there are
other ways to do so.

-Adam.D

I'm trying to ctl, alt + delete, to get task manager, I get a
warning"Task
manager has been disabled by administrator, I am the administrator.
Thanks.