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

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I have tried all the above methods...The settings for the task manager are set to not configured. Still my task manager is disabled. The Registry is also disabled.My system is virus free now. Kindly suggest a way out...

I was hit by digeste.dll and couldn't get into task manager
Followed spywareremove instructions and deleted the offensive module. Running regSRV didn't do anything

Followed Leo's instruction using GPEDIT.MSC and flagged disabled as it was already showing not configured. Task manager is back

Thanks for your help

i have downloaded the xp antivirus virus and now i am not able to get my task manager.. i deleted the virus but not permanently as it did not appear in my add/remove program menu norton detected two viruses which are fixed but still not able to resume my task manager..please help

Had this happen as a result of malware, specifically, the new "XPPoliceAntivirus" took out the task manager. I was able to remove the malware using malwarebyte's anti-malware but the above entry in gpedit was missing so I had to manually remove it in regedit. It also threw some other entries in the registry in that same group I had to delete as well so a special thanks for this writeup!

i have task manager mal-functioning, means doesnot run at all but it does run in safe mode, i'm using win vista. its an after effect of "Ahsan Virus". How do i fix it, virus is removed i believe... thanks leo

Thank you so much for this, task manager is availible again, i had the XP police 'antivirus'

I have the task manager is diwsabled message AND a blue screen with red and yellow boxes showing.. AND no task bar to run start etc... what to do?

Used the second method. Did it manually through regedit works great. Thanks for the help and succinct instructions you rock.
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Some people have nohing better to do than trying to mess up things we rely on, forunately some people also dedicate time and bandwidth to helping us, so for that, I thank you!

Wow, many thanks, you just fixed a problem that was troubling me so much! It fixed everything that wasn't working... including internet explorer! Now I can go sleep! Thank you so much!

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