Task Manager Disabled

[brian]

Hi all,

All of a sudden whenever I right click the taskbar or hit
ctrl-alt-delete the task manager is greyed out. Also
whenever I go to c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe, it
tells me that the task manager has been disabled by your
administrator. Can anyone tell me how to get my task
manager back. I have windowsXp and I am also the
administrator of my box.

Thanks

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Look in the right pane for a value called DisableTaskMgr. If it exists, it
should be set to 0 (zero). If not, double click it and set it to 0. If it
doesn't exist, right click in a blank area of the right pane and select New,
DWord value. Name it DisableTaskMgr and leave it set at 0.

 

[I vrohidis]

Similar issue but in my case when i hit CTL/ALT/DEL the
task manager flashes and then disappears. I implemented
the patch below and it still did not work. i have run
Anti-virus and I am clean.

thanks in advance for any suggestions

-----Original Message-----
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\Policies\System

Look in the right pane for a value called

DisableTaskMgr. If it exists, it

 

[Guest]

i'm having same problem as you were vrohidis but when i
try to even go into the regedit it does same thing

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

There is at least one virus that some AV scanners are not catching. Trust
me on this one. See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Create Emergency
Copies of Critical XP System Utilities. This small VB Program will create
backup, usable copies of Task Manger, Regedit and MSConfig (named
Taskmgr1.exe, Regedit.com and MSConfig1.exe) in a new folder
C:\EmergencyUtil. Many virus programs will intercept these programs, based
on their original file name. The modified file names, allow them to be run.
Open Windows Explorer to C:\EmergencyUtil and double click the application
you need. The next revision will allow you to browse for the folder you
want to place the backups in.

Additionally, see the Win XP Utilities section for Startup Programs Tracker.
This small utility scans your system for startup programs and running
processes. It also allows you to create a log file that can be copied and
pasted into a newsgroup post. The contents of the program window are also
copied to the Windows Clipboard, automatically. For replies to newsgroup
posts, do NOT include the Running Services, unless its absolutely necessary.