Re: Task Manager Disabled

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/25/03 

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:25:10 -0400

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. 

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
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"brian" <shuballs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:046101c39a9e$11a5e1a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> 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

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