Re: You need to login as administrator?? -- But i am administrator

Murthy,

The registry key used to disable Task Manager... is a olicy key found here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

DisableTaskMgr
....

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Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)




"Malke" <malke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Murthy wrote:

Hi,
I am using windows xp SP2 home edition.
I am the administrator on my PC. But i keep getting this error messages
saying that i need to login as administrator on my PC to disable some of
the start up services. Also i am not able to access task manager and
regedit. I think there is some virus on my PC. but i am not able to find
it with McAfee or Norton Antivirus.

Is there any that i can handle this issue with out fomatting my PC, as i
have already fomatted my PC twice.

It certainly sounds like you may have some malware since you can't access
task manager or regedit. Since you didn't really give us any information
about your computer, its recent history, or what services you want to
disable, I can only give you this general malware removal advice:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

You don't have both McAfee and Norton installed, do you? That certainly
could cause a great deal of problems on your system, but it wouldn't
disable regedit/task manager.

Why have you formatted your computer twice? Are you continually getting
infected? See these links for how to stay safe on the Internet:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get
Infected Anyway?
http://www.getsafeonline.org/
https://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/
http://www.getnetwise.org/
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2006/02/05/82584.aspx - MVP
Harry Waldron


Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!


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