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My Task Manager is disabled and I donno " Who the hell has done this".......
Help Help............................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's the solution and its the tested one on my own computer:
The Problem
The Right Click
The Message
You didn't do that, you say?
Then a virus probably did.
Disabling Task Manager is one way viruses try to make hassles in your life.
Before the treatment..........................RUN THE COMPLETE VIRUS SCAN ON YOUR COMPUTER WITH AN UPDATED ANTI-VIRUS.
Method 1:
Goto Start
Click Run
Type gpedit.mscClick OK.
Group Policy Editor will open. Click on the following:
- User Configuration
- Administrative Templates
- System
- Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
You should see something much like this:
Double click on Remove Task Manager to change its setting:
Now Enable the Task Manager.
Click Apply and OK.
Hopefully this works. In case this fails try this one out. It will work.
Method 2:
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Click OK
Expand these registry keys in turn:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Software
- Microsoft
- Windows
- CurrentVersion
- Policies
- System
You should see something like this:
Right Click on the DisableTaskMgr option
Click Delete
Confirm that you want to delete
Try and Check .Task Manager should be available once again.