The task manager has been disabled by your administrator

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I get the "task manager has been disabled by your administrator" any time I
try to run Task Manager. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
I'm gonna guess the Task Manager has been Disabled by your Administrator.
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InsoManiac
 
Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Ctrl+Alt+Del Options|Remove Task
Manager="Not Configured"

(it's usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableTaskMgr
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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|I get the "task manager has been disabled by your administrator" any time I
| try to run Task Manager. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
Thanks for the quick reply. Under %windir%...\System\Logon/Logoff I see a
"Disable Task Manager" and its setting currently is "Not configured". When I
check the registry I do find as you stated that the REG_DWORD,
DisableTaskMgr, has a value of 1. Do you recommend using the registry editor
to modify the data value since the group policy editor is showing, "Not
configured"?
 
Yes. I've no idea what you're looking at here.
"%windir%...\System\Logon/Logoff "

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Thanks for the quick reply. Under %windir%...\System\Logon/Logoff I see a
| "Disable Task Manager" and its setting currently is "Not configured".
When I
| check the registry I do find as you stated that the REG_DWORD,
| DisableTaskMgr, has a value of 1. Do you recommend using the registry
editor
| to modify the data value since the group policy editor is showing, "Not
| configured"?
 
Thanks again for your help. I'm pretty sure I'm infected with
spyware/adware, because task mgr is always disabled upon reboot. In addition
I'm seeing strange processes listed in task manager that are trying to call
out to the internet. By disabling the the policy, "Disable Task Manger", I
was able to launch Task Manager. Your help definitely gave me a short-term
work-around; however, looks like I have some other disinfecting to do.
 
You might want to give this a go.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A2-6A57-4C57-A8BD-DBF62EDA9671&displaylang=en

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks again for your help. I'm pretty sure I'm infected with
| spyware/adware, because task mgr is always disabled upon reboot. In
addition
| I'm seeing strange processes listed in task manager that are trying to
call
| out to the internet. By disabling the the policy, "Disable Task Manger",
I
| was able to launch Task Manager. Your help definitely gave me a
short-term
| work-around; however, looks like I have some other disinfecting to do.
 
Dave Patrick said:
Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Ctrl+Alt+Del Options|Remove Task
Manager="Not Configured"

(it's usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableTaskMgr
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I get the "task manager has been disabled by your administrator" any time I
| try to run Task Manager. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy
and paste)
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v
DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD
 
Thank you.

joan said:
Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy
and paste)
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v
DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD


Dave Patrick said:
Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Ctrl+Alt+Del Options|Remove Task
Manager="Not Configured"

(it's usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableTaskMgr
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I get the "task manager has been disabled by your administrator" any time I
| try to run Task Manager. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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