Why is my Task Manager disabled, and how do I fix it?

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If your run option has been disabled like mine was too, right-click the start button, go to properties, start menu tab, customize, advanced tab, and in start menu items check the 'run command' option then press ok then apply.

This guide helped me a lot thanks.

I tried your recommendations, as well as pasting ( REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f) into "run" each time. They all work but Task Manager continues to get disabled even though I'm virus and spyware free (except some Microsoft stuff.

hey guys... whew!! it work i dit it in reg edit but after 1 day it was disabled again and now i can't run regedit anymore ..can anyone tell me how to remove this kind of virus... named= backup which similarly like a driver that can be extract.... the other one is named= do not delete which is a folder type, the other one is sometinlike a noteboo1 and it is named list, the other one is a media player or somtin like a avi and it is named as unknown artist and the last one is a workbook1... the keep on appearing in every folder i open... i tried avira/kaspersky/nod32 but they can't delete this mess..

I had this same problem. Also tweakui, regedit, and task manager were all disabled by administrator. AVG missed it. Spybot S&D found the bad entries and removed them. I had to search for a program that was trying to go on the internet. Finally found it and all is well again.

Hi Leo. I have a weird problem. Can you walk me through to fix my laptop please? I have a Windows XP no anti-virus programs and 6 days ago after searching for 'roms' to download and finding nothing but POP UP WEBSITES. another browsing window from Internet Explorer popped up and it wouldn't close. So I tried Alt + CTRL + Delete and it said "Task Manager has been disable by your administrator"

I tried searching for the worm, cookie or trojan by going to "RUN" "REGEDIT" And received "Registry editing has been disable by your administrator". Then, when I went to check on my local disk 'free space' I noticed that the storage capacity kept on decreasing.

I'm not able to use Firefox as a browser, just IE and I'm not able to download anything through IE because every time I want to download something or an anti-virus it closes the window that will be used to download or my pc acts like if I hadn't click on the link to download.

I tried going to the sites you've listed to get my laptop scanned online and when I click my machine doesn't do anything or sometimes it just shows a 'green progressing image' at the bottom of the browser on the status bar like if it was trying to load the page but it's not.

What else can I do? I have a roommate who has a desktop PC and we tried uploading AVG anti-virus through her computer to my laptop and it uploads well except that when I want to install the anti-virus the windows looks like it has been frozen and then, it shows an error message "0xc0000005"

Any alternatives besides re-formatting please?

Hi

I had the similar issue with the computer with both the Task Manager and the Registry Disabled. Unfortunately the Windows i used was XP Home and the Gpedit wont work there.
I googled around and got the Command line Reset which enables the Registry and then I Modified (also deleted) the Keys to disable the Task manager. It worked Untill the System was stayed on. Once Rebooted.. Same Issue happened again. Does it Mean it is really Infected. ??

Hej Guys, i've been reading what you have write here and i just want to give you another HELP about this...!

When You load your Operation System Windows XP whatever his version is you see only you account that means you are the Administrator, right...!
But it is not like it seems, even that your User Account is the only account that can access your System there is another User that we call it ADMINISTRATOR and he is the most powerful user on the system.

If you want to follow all the steeps that are written on the top of this page to Enable your Task Manager, first of all you should try to follow those steeps.

1) Load you OS Windos XP on your Account
2) Click on START
3) After Select Log off
4) Log off from your account...!
5) When it appears your account to click on it do like this>
6) Click CTRL+ALT+DELETE 2X ( Twice-Two Times)
7) On your Account name Rename it to "Administrator"
8) Press Enter if you don't have a Password or if you have than write it and than press enter

Now you are logged in as Administrator now you should Follow the Steeps that are written by " ASK LEO"

I Hope this will help you guys...!

boot in safe mode...hopefully u know how,n then clean all cookies
run bitdefender 9
this helps
i tried it myself

Hey guys,

My system was infected by virus virus IM-Worm.Win32.Sohanad.gen which resulted in disable task manager and certain other problems.

Method 3 helped me recover my problems well...

Thanx a lot guys for the work.

Thank you soooo much, a virus was on my computer. Long story short, I had to disconnect internet, (so the message "Its being used " thing) then delete it, then it wouldnt let me use task manager.Thank you so much.

Everyone!! Watch out for WindowsXP Police. That's the virus name

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