Re: task manager

From: Taurarian (taurarian_at_hotmailNOSPAM.com)
Date: 09/05/03 

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 20:45:54 +1000

Disable/Enable the Task Manager (WinXP Home)
1. Start>Run>regedit
2. Locate the key below:
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
]
Value Name: DisableTaskMgr
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = disable Task Manager)
Create a new DWORD valued named "DisableTaskMgr" and set it to "1" to
disable Task Manager and "0" to Enable Task Manager

Basically the Values mean:
1=Enable this key, that is DISABLE TaskManager
0=Disable this key, that is Don't Disable, Enable TaskManager

You may need to log off for the changes to take effect.

Disable/Enable the Task Manager (WinXP Pro)
To enable WinXP Pro's TaskManager using Group Policy Editor. This can be
applied to the local policy.

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Enter gpedit.msc in the Open box and click OK
4. In the Group Policy settings window
    .select User Configuration
    .select Administrative Templates
    .select System
    .select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
    .select Remove Task Manager
    .double-click the Remove Task Manager option

Since the policy is Remove Task Manager, by disabling the policy, you are
enabling the Task Manager.

Hope this assists you.

"ChrisR" <cradiel125@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1cca01c372eb$fae1d110$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> My kids clicked on something, and a download started. I
> tried toi kill download through task manager, and I got
> the message 'task manager has been turned off by the
> administrator'. Also, it won't let me turn off the
> computer like it used to. Can someone offer some advice
> to turn task manager back on. Thanks.

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