I went to help a friend with a computer and one of the problems was that when u'd hit crtl+alt+delete it would say "Task Manager has been diabled", its on a computer running XP, Anyone know how to fix it???

hum i got a virus a while back and i couldnt do any changes on my PC, not even task manager.

Sounds like your buddy's computer is infected

Here's how to get your task manager back:
http://www.pchell.com/support/taskmanagerdisabled.shtml

No guarantees though. If the virus is still running it may disable it again.

thanks ill give that a try

Try this program "TaskManagerFix 2.0 here is a brief description.


Task Manager Fix is a freeware utility to fix task manager disabled by spyware, trojans and displays error message "Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator".

This error message appears due to restriction placed in the Windows Registry. One can easily enable the Task Manager by editing some registry settings. For a normal user editing registry is not easy and a bit risky.
Task Manager Fix is a program designed to enable disabled Task Manager. Download the FREE Task Manager Fix tool to quickly enable Task Manager.

recommend going into safe mode and running a virus scan, spyware or malware scan...let the program remove whatever it is that's causing the problems.

Restart to normal mode and see if Task Manager is running.

thanks but i've already tried that

Did it work?

you will probably want to just reformat , if it was a virus
which is likely , it will infect other files in the o.s without your knowledge and eventually grind your pc to a halt .

better to just do a quick reformat to avoid any further problems
a virus usually infects the entire system only being detected in one
section of your o.s however they spread like wildfire without further detection .

Ok, before we all jump into a virus issue, are you sure that your friend is an administrator on the machine?
If he is not, then you cannot see the Task manager





if it is infected, It sounds like this nasty trojan that went around about 6 months ago..

How to tell...
1. try to install anything, see if it installs, or will not allow you to. If it doesnt, then its a rights issue, and or a virus issue.
2. Go to start,
Click on run
Type in CMD
and press OK
if you get a dos looking box that pops up, it sounds like it is not a virus, but maybe an issue with user rights...
If you get "CMD cannot be found", (Windows xp, vista, or 7) you are infected...


To clean out the virus..
This can be tricky depending on what it is,
But here are some good starts...

Reboot the Machine,
start in safe mode with networking

once the machine is up,
Go to Www.ccleaner.com
Download ccleaner and install it
Run it, check everything, and run it.. (NOTE: you will loose any remembered passwords, and have to re-enter them)

Next,
go to start,
Run
Type in Msconfig
Click OK
You will get a popup box,
In the box click on the tab that says startup,
Disable all...
Click Apply, click OK or close...
DO NOT RESTART
Windows will start what it needs anyway... but if the infection is a start-up infection it will not re-apply itself on reboot.

NOTE: your Antivirus will not start itself if it is unchecked, but if you are infected, it is better to have it off right now anyway..

Go to www.malwarebytes.org
download and install, if your infected with what i think you have you will not be able to update it, this is OK.. it should still work without the updates...

After you run it, reboot.. you may have to run it a few times to get rid of everything..

If you cant get it to remove the virus, copy the log file created by Malwarebytes and paste it here and i will tell you what to do next...


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Is the task scheduler service is disabled by any chance?

Or any other essential service that supposed to be running?

Administrative tools -> Services, check what is disabled, what isn't, also check for extra services running that aren't supposed to be or supposed to exist at all.

Here are the services (default settings)
http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-services.html

Your better off typing in services.msc chances are administrative tools is turned off by default...

If you want to turn it on,
Right click on the start button,
Choose properties
Choose customize under the start menu tab
you will see a check box located in the lower section you will need to check to get this to display.