For some reason the Task Manager has been disabled. How do I turn it back on
in Vista?
Task Manager
- 11 May 2008 #1
Croxdale GuestMy System SpecsTask Manager
- 11 May 2008 #2
Mark L. Ferguson GuestMy System SpecsRe: Task Manager
go to start - run, regedit and open HKEY_CURRENT_USER/... and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
Is there a DisableTaskMan entry there?, and if yes, set it to zero
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"Croxdale" <Croxdale@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> For some reason the Task Manager has been disabled. How do I turn it back
> on
> in Vista?
- 11 May 2008 #3
????What GuestMy System SpecsRe: Task Manager
Croxdale wrote:That's usually a sign that malware has compromised the machine and has
> For some reason the Task Manager has been disabled. How do I turn it back on
> in Vista?
disabled Task Manager so that you can't see what is running. You can
download the free Process Explorer which is like TM and see what is
running, until you get things sorted out.
- 11 May 2008 #4
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My System SpecsRe: Task Manager
Hi Croxdale,
Originally Posted by Croxdale 
In addition to the other posts, this tutorial can show you how to get Task Manager enabled again. Be sure to run a very thorough antivirus, spyware, and othe malware scan to be safe.
Task Manager - Enable or Disable
Hope this helps,
Shawn
- 12 May 2008 #5
Ramesh, MS-MVP GuestMy System SpecsRe: Task Manager
Hi Croxdale.
Follow Method 2 and above, here:
Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/taskmanager_error.htm
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For some reason the Task Manager has been disabled. How do I turn it back on
in Vista?
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