Task Manager has been disabled by your Administrator 1

[HarryWild]

That the message I received when I did the Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Task Manager.

Here what I did to get this restriction. I went in to the registry editor and took one of the files out why it was running. It was the Qunj.exe file I think.

I was removing another memory trojan resident program at the time. I did also use the Task Manager too!

I am the administrator of my computer but I cannot locate where I can go to enable it back up again!

Does anyone know how to fix this and enable the task manager again?

Thanks!

Harry

 

[sjs1717]

saw your problem so i did a little digging..........there is quite a bit to this........also i don't want to take credit for someone else's work



Steve
We're doing this stuff for the wealth and fame right?

 

[linney]

In Pro, Task Manager can be disabled or enabled in Group Policy.

Start/Run/gpedit.msc. User Configuration/Administrative
Templates/System/Crtl+Alt+Del Options.

Registry Settings.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Name: DisableTaskMgr
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1=Enablethis key, that is DISABLE TaskManager
Value: 0=Disablethis key, that is Don't Disable, Enable TaskManager


Other links.

See Tip 275 in MVP Kelly's site:
Lift Restrictions - TM, Regedit and CMD

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Enable/Disable Task Manager:

http://dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm

 

[sjs1717]

hey linney i was just reading up on this I'll vote ya a star!


Steve
We're doing this stuff for the wealth and fame right?

 

[HarryWild]

Thanks for the last listing on Enable/Disable Task Manager that I ran that enable the Task Manager.

I ran the first listing and to my surprise; I am disabled from running the registry editor.

So now I need to have a way to enable the Registry editor!

The message boxes comes up with:

"Registry editing has been disable by the Administrator!"

Oh! My!

Thanks many time over for any further help on this matter!

Harry

 

[IllogicallyLogical]

Follow the directions in the following link. Download and run the script and see if it will restore your access to registry editing.

- Disable/Enable Registry Editing tools in Windows

http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts_desc/regtools.htm

Joey
CCNA, MCP, A+, Network+, Wireless#

 

[HarryWild]

Hi all,

Well I solve it myself for once. Went in and done it with gpedit.msc and selected the remove remote registry editor and set it as disabled. Restarted XP and it works. I missed a few steps but I really excited that it works!

Thanks for all your help! My computer now works!

Feels great!