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Name: Prg8orE
Date: September 3, 2003 at 16:13:14 Pacific
Subject: windows task manager is disabled
OS: win xp home
CPU/Ram: athlon2400/ 512ddr
Comment:

Can someone help me please!!!! My windows task manager is disabled, everytime i press ctrl+alt+del, it comes up task manager has been disabled by administrator. How did i do it, if i even did it? only i use the computer, so how could i have done it? and how do i enable it again? i dont really know that much about computers, but i'd really appreciate it if someone could help me please!!!


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Response Number 1
Name: kkk
Date: September 3, 2003 at 17:35:05 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

go into disk management, services.
see if the task manager somehow got disabled there


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Response Number 2
Name: sxshep
Date: September 3, 2003 at 18:03:32 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

There are viruses that will cause this problem, so if you haven't already, get one, update it let er rip. See what it finds.

There is a manual registry fix if all else fails here:

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6270_11-1054840-2.html

I would lean towards a virus however.

hth
shep


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