Task Manager Button Disabled

[TTops]

Hello,

I am a local administrator on a networked PC (Window XP Pro). When I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, the normal dialogue box comes up but the Task Manager button is disabled. The same thing is true when I right click on the Task Bar...the context menu comes up but the Task Manager option is greyed out. I've run several virus scans and found nothing. Any ideas?

Thanks,
T-Tops

Thanks,
T-Tops

 

[vbnetskywalker]

hi there
don't worry easy to solve
open the app (C:\WINDOWS\system32\gpedit.msc)
now follow me :
administrative templates -> system - > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options -> remove task manager


set the option to (Not Configured) or to (Disabled)
vbnetskywalker

 

[TTops]

vbnetskywalker,

Thank you very much...that worked. The only strange thing to me was that it was already set to "Not Configured" and I changed it to "Disabled". That's when I got the Task Manager button back. Any idea why?



Thanks,
T-Tops

 

[linney]

It sounds like Registry corruption or similar, which was fixed when you made the changes that "vbnetskywalker" mentioned?