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Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

September 25th, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments

If you try to open Task Manager, and the following error may occur:

Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

to enable Task Manager , click START -> RUN and type this command exactly :

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

If this restriction was enabled in your system without your action, then a Virus has blocked the usage of Task Manager in your system by enabling the DisableTaskMgr value from registry.

  1. April 11th, 2009 at 10:14 | #1

    do not connect PC to internet untill antivirus is installed (remove LAN cable from PC). For windows xp use SP3.

  2. frus
    April 11th, 2009 at 04:31 | #2

    In my case, Task Manager, Registry, & Folder Options are disabled. wscript.exe & auto.vbs runs in the background whenever i check it using msconfig. I’ve had this freaking problem 3-4 times already. I have updated AV & AS softwares but still i get infected. So frustrating.

    I’ve done a lot of research tried a lot of so-called solutions but it all ends up to reformatting my PC as a solution. I can’t afford to reformat my PC every time it gets infected.

    Just want the experts out there to share their information. What kind of virus/trojan/worm/spyware is this? What’s the real solution?

  3. October 9th, 2008 at 22:07 | #3

    I tried that:- do not do this.
    I even ran Delphi and adjusted the Registry only to note the worm reinstalled its settings, so I still could not access my task manger with the administrator message still coming up and it started attacking *.exe files that were running at the time and killing windows.
    I’m looking for third party programs that do the same as task manager.
    I advise not to touch the registry but seek a windows task manager substitute!!!!!!!!!

    The windows task manager needs a rewrite that the registry setting only aplys to non administrator accounts.

    Lex Dean

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