My task manager has been disabled by administrator which is myself. I need to enable it again.1 person needs an answerI do too

Theanswer by Miz in the link which follows is one possible way to resolve your problem:htt p://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/33333-how-enable-task-manager-again-windown-xp.htmlHope this helps, Gerry Cornell

If your Task Manager has been disabled (unless you disabled it on purpose), then you definitely have another problem to accompany your first problem.The usual advice is along the lines of "something has been disabled in Group Policy", and that is probably true, but if you are using XP Home, there is not Group Policy Editor in XP Home and that really doesn't tell you where to look in the Group Policies even if you could run Group Policy Editor. You need to know how to fix it.Here is a comprehensive solution that will work for all versions of XP and do not require hunting around in the Group Policy Editor to find where things have been disabled. If you happened to have the documentation for Group Policy Registry locations, there would be no hunting, but most folks don't have that documentation either.Unless you disabled these tools on purpose, the chances are good that your system has a malicious software infection. The malware knows what tools you are going to use to try and find and remove it, so the malware disables the things you are most likely to use and keeps them from running so you can't find it.Whatever malicious software tools you are currently using or have been using have failed to protect your system.The malicious software will be happiest to fool you into thinking you need to so something drastic to fix your system - like a Repair Install, System Restore point, or a total reinstallation of XP. That is what it would like you to do, but such measures are not required.You need to fix the immediate problem of the tools not working, then scan your system for malicious software when you are done. No matter what kind of malicious software scanning tools you have already used, they are unlikely to fix this problem because they cannot tell if the changes to your system were on purpose (you or an Administrator made them) or some malicious software changed them, so the scanning tools will leave these things alone (this is usually a good thing).If your Task Manager is afflicted in this manner, there are probably other things that also don't work - like Registry Editor, System Restore and Command Prompt, so fix them all at once even if you haven't found out they are broken yet.These registry commands will remove the registry entries that are stopping the programs from opening. Even if the registry entries are not there, these commands are safe to run.Before making any changes to your registry, back up the registry with this popular free tool:http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.htmlOpen notepad to create a new text file:Click Start, Run and in the box enter:notepadClick OK to open a new notepad file.Copy and paste the following lines of text into the new notepad file. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"DisableTaskMgr"=-[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"DisableRegistryTools"=-[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]"DisableCMD"=-[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"DisableTaskMgr"=-[HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"DisableTaskMgr"=-[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"DisableCAD"=dword:00000000[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]"DisableConfig"=-[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]"DisableSR"=-Save the new text file with a .reg extension to your desktop or someplace you can remember with a name you can remember, something like: enableit.regAfter saving the file, close notepad.Locate the enableit.reg file on your desktop and double click it.Alternatively, you can right click the enableit.reg file, choose Open With... and select the Registry Editor.Respond in the affirmative to the question... Are you sure you want to add the information to the registry?You should then see a message that the information was successfully entered into the registry.If the Registry Editor has also been disabled, you will not be able to run any of the registry changes to fix the rest of the problems, so you must first enable the Registry Editor from the Run command. Even if the Registry Editor is not broken, these commands are safe to run.Click Start, Run and in the box enter (copy/paste would be safer) the following text:REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0Click OK and respond in the affirmative if prompted about an overwrite message.Click Start, Run and in the box enter (copy/paste would be safer) the following text:REG add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0Click OK and respond in the affirmative if prompted about an overwrite message.Now that the Registry Editor has been enabled, you can run the enableit.reg file again to fix the problems.Depending on circumstances, your tools may work right away, but in order to prevent the "did you reboot your system?" question later, go ahead and reboot your system now and then test to be sure things are working again.Enabling the tools in this manner fixes only the symptom of the malicious software infection but does not fix the real problem (the system is currently or has been infected with malicious software) so you are not quite done yet - your system could still be infected.Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs then troubleshoot any remaining issues.Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/They can be uninstalled later if desired. You can also delete the enableit.reg file when you are done.Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!