Task Manager No Longer Working in Windows XP

[Corey]

When I press Ctrl + Alt + Del, the task manager button is
grayed out. It is also grayed out when I right click on an
empty area of the task bar. I was doing something to try to
start it (unfortunately I can't remember what it was) and
the system told me that Task Manager has been disabled by
the administrator, which is me. If I disabled it, I don't
know what I did, and I cannot figure out how to enable it
again. Can anyone provide any assistance?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Enable/Disable Task Manager.

You also need to scan your system for virus's and other "malware".

http://www.symantec.com/cgi-bin/securitycheck.cgi

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9059

http://www.lavasoftusa.com for AdAware SE

http://www.safer-networking.org for Spybot Search and Destroy