Re: Task manager disabled by administrator

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Taskmanager_error.htm
Error Message: "Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator"
Also note that Malware turns on these restrictions.
You may wish to check on this:-

Ad-Aware    http://www.lavasoftusa.com
SpyBot S&D   http://www.safer-networking.org
CWShredder   http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Make sure you update Ad-Aware and SpyBot before running the scan.
Information on cleaning Windows Startup: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startup.htm
Also recommended is a full virus scan (which has been updated)

Enable/repair the Task Manager (#113)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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

Allows you to enable or disable Task Manager for the Current User
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm

Lift Restrictions - Task Manager, Regedit and CMD (Line 275)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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

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"Lexie" <Lexie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:44918567-8A94-43AA-88DC-6CBA5274B297@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
When I try to open Task Manager I get the error"Task manager disabled by
administrator"

I tried the fix in the community written KB, but a registry key it refered
to (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software]Microsoft\windows\currentversion\group
policy\object\localuser\software\Microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\system

was not in my registry.  Perhaps the KB had a typo, I am the only user on my
laptop, and don't know how this happened.  Any help would be GREATLY
appreciated.

Thank!


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