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re: taskmanager Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 1:25 am Posted by Steve H (66 messages posted) Taskmanager may have been disabled in group policies. Go to start/run and type gpedit.msc Expand User Configuration - Administrative Templates - System and choose Ctrl-Alt-Del Options. If the entry in the right pain is not "Not configured" change it to that. Hopefully, that'll fix your problem. On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 12:04 am, Mike Barrett wrote: >I cannot now open Taskmanager although it did work a week or so ago. I now get a >message "Taskmanager has been disabled by your adminstrator" (after Ctrl+Shift+Esc). >The Taskmanager button is also greyed on the Windows Security window (after Ctrl+Alt+Del) > I use a stand-alone PC (not part of a network) - so I guess I am the administrator >(never had to worry about this before!). >What actions do I need to take to get the Taskmanager back. I do not recall doing >anything to deliberately remove the functionality of this feature. I presume something >has set the Registry as the actual files are still there. >Anybody know how to do this? Thanks, Mike [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: taskmanager Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 2:53 am Posted by Mike Barrett (8 messages posted) Thanks for the suggestion. I do not have a file called gpedit.msc I also note that I can no longer download files using IE (Works OK with Firefox) Perhaps this is linked. I also tried renaming taskmgr.exe but I still get the same message displayed when trying to run taskmanager. I run Norton antivirus which constantly updated but still expect something like this. TX - Mike On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 1:25 am, Steve H wrote: >Taskmanager may have been disabled in group policies. > >Go to start/run and type gpedit.msc > >Expand User Configuration - Administrative Templates - System and choose Ctrl-Alt-Del >Options. If the entry in the right pain is not "Not configured" change it to that. > >Hopefully, that'll fix your problem. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: taskmanager Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 4:33 am Posted by Steve H (66 messages posted) OK - try downloading a utility like FreshUI. Install it and go to Windows System/Other and check Ctrl-Alt-Del options. You may be able to fix it there. Though it sounds as if your windows install has become corrupted. Have you tried a repair from your installation CD? On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 2:53 am, Mike Barrett wrote: >Thanks for the suggestion. I do not have a file called gpedit.msc >I also note that I can no longer download files using IE (Works OK with Firefox) >Perhaps this is linked. I also tried renaming taskmgr.exe but I still get the same >message displayed when trying to run taskmanager. >I run Norton antivirus which constantly updated but still expect something like this. >TX - Mike > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: taskmanager Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 5:22 am Posted by Mike Barrett (8 messages posted) Steve - Brilliant. FreshUI fixed it. Many thanks Mike On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 4:33 am, Steve H wrote: >OK - try downloading a utility like FreshUI. Install it and go to Windows System/Other >and check Ctrl-Alt-Del options. You may be able to fix it there. > >Though it sounds as if your windows install has become corrupted. Have you tried >a repair from your installation CD? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: taskmanager Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 5:25 am Posted by Steve H (66 messages posted) No problem - glad it worked :) On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 5:22 am, Mike Barrett wrote: > >Steve - Brilliant. FreshUI fixed it. Many thanks Mike > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum