Task Manager in Windows XP

[LD]

Hello,

I recently pressed ctrl+alt+delete to activate task
manager, only to find a prompt: "Your task manager has
been disabled by your administrator."
Right clicking on an empty space in the taskbar brings a
pop-up menu which has the Task Manager option not shaded,
therefore unable to be selected.
But my user account on my home PC is the administrators
account, and I am definitely logged in while I'm trying
to activate Task Manager.

I am at a loss, Task Manager is useful for me because my
machine crashes a bit, I've only got a PIII 933Mhz CPU...

Please can anyone help me??

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi LD,

For XP Home & Pro:
Set the DisableTaskMgr value to "0"
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/163/

===Automated Fix===
See Tip 275 in MVP Kelly's site:
Lift Restrictions - TM, Regedit and CMD
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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Hello,

I recently pressed ctrl+alt+delete to activate task
manager, only to find a prompt: "Your task manager has
been disabled by your administrator."
Right clicking on an empty space in the taskbar brings a
pop-up menu which has the Task Manager option not shaded,
therefore unable to be selected.
But my user account on my home PC is the administrators
account, and I am definitely logged in while I'm trying
to activate Task Manager.

I am at a loss, Task Manager is useful for me because my
machine crashes a bit, I've only got a PIII 933Mhz CPU...

Please can anyone help me??

 

[LD]

Hi Ramesh,

My utmost thanks, got it working straight away!

Ciao!

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Most welcome, LD )

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http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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Hi Ramesh,

My utmost thanks, got it working straight away!

Ciao!

 

[Kelly]

This behavior can be caused by a virus. One of three:

W32.Spybot.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html

W32.Klez.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Yaha.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

Troubleshooting the Task Manager
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm#tm

Enable the Task Manager (Line 51)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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