how to solve the problem " Task manager has been disabled by your administrator"?

Log on as admin :)

Or, follow Microsoft's Resolution:

RESOLUTION

1. Verity that the "Local Group Policy" or "Domain Group Policy" doesn’t block you from using

"Task Manager".

1.1 "Local Group Policy"

a. Go to "Start" -> "Run" -> Write "Gpedit.msc" and press on "Enter" button.

b. Navigate to "User Configuration" -> "Administrative Templates" -> "System" -> "Ctrl+Alt+Del Options"

c. In the right side of the screen verity that "Remove Task Manager"" option set to "Disable" or "Not Configured".

d. Close "Gpedit.msc" MMC.

e. Go to "Start" -> "Run" -> Write "gpupdate /force" and press on "Enter" button.

Note: If you are using Windows 2000, please follow KB q227302 instead stage "e".

Using SECEDIT to Force a Group Policy Refresh Immediately

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q227302/

1.2 "Domain Group Policy"

a. Contact you local IT support team.

2. Verity correct registry settings::

a. Go to "Start" -> "Run" -> Write "regedit" and press on "Enter" button.

Many times when working on a computer that has been infected with a virus, trojan, or piece of spyware I find myself with the Task Manager being disabled. Malware creators like to disable Task Manager so it makes solving the problem and removing the issue difficult.

If this happens you'll normally have to edit the Windows registry to fix the problem. A restriction has been placed on the user to not allow them to run Task Manager, this might be ok in an office environment where the IT department wants to control things, but in a home office this can cause major problems trying to fix a malware or virus issue.

Listed below you will find the many ways to reenable Task Manager along with an automatic method that works wonders.

To open the Task Manager, you normally would do one of the following:

* Press CTRL-ALT-DEL on the keyboard

* Press CTRL-SHIFT-ESC on the keyboard

* Right-click on a blank area on the start bar and choose Task Manager

* Click on Start, Run and type TASKMGR in the run box and press Enter

Sometimes instead of Task Manager opening you'll see "Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator". In these cases, you'll have to follow the methods below to re-enable access to the Task Manager.

First we'll begin with the various registry modification methods for correcting this problem.

Method 1 - Using the Group Policy Editor in Windows XP Professional

1. Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.

2. Under User Configuration, Click on the plus (+) next to Administrative Templates

3. Click on the plus (+) next tSystem, then click on Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options

4. Find Remove Task Manager in the right-hand pane and double click on it

5. Choose the option "Not Configured" and click Ok.

6. Close the Group Policy Window

Method 2: Change the Task Manager Option through the Run line

1. Click on Start, Run and type the following command exactly and press Enter

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Method 3: Change Task Manager through a Registry REG file

1. Click on Start, Run, and type Notepad and press Enter

2. Copy and paste the information between the dotted lines into Notepad and save it to your desktop as taskmanager.reg

------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000

-------------------------------------

3. Double click on the taskmanager.reg file to enter the information into the Windows registry

Method 4: Delete the restriction in the registry manually

1. Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and press Enter

2. Navigate to the following branch

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System

3. In the right pane, find and delete the value named DisableTaskMgr

4. Close the registry editor

Method 5: Download and Run FixTaskManager program

1. Click on the following link and download the program FixTaskManager to your Desktop

http://www.pchell.com/downloads/TaskManagerFix.exe

2. Double-click on the file FixTaskManager on your desktop and run it

if you feel happy to use the registry editor here's how to re enable the task manager (do this at your own risk and back the registry up before starting

I'm assuming you're runninx xp

first click start >>run

type in the run box regedit and click ok

click file and export to back up the registry

now navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE

\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion

\policies\system

and delete the line

DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000

now exit the registry editor and reboot for the effect to take place

Solution: press the physical "off" button on your computer and tell your computer admin about the problem.

be nicer to your administrator...then maybe he will let you the user, have more functions and abilities