Enable task manager

Enabling task manager:

If you are reviving a message when you try to run task manager( by typing taskmgr.exe at run) and you are greeted with a message like “ task manager has been disabled by your administrator” then probably the virus has disabled your task manger.

To restore accesses you have two methods to do so and if one fails try the other

1. Through gpedit.msc

Type gpedit.msc at run and it will open.

Now at the left side look for a key called user configuration

Under that point to administrative templates and click it

Now click on the system tab

On the right hand side look for this “ctrl+alt+del options”

Find for this key under it “Remove task manger”

Double click it and firstly enable it. Click OK and now try to run task manager. It will not run because you have disabled it yourself. This gives virus an impression that there is no need to disable virus because it is already disabled!!

Thus it releases it’s control over task manager

Now to enable it just disable/not configured the setting in “Remove task manger”.

This method works with viruses.

2. Through registry

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type REGEDIT
4. Click OK The Registry Editor will now open
5. Browse to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\system
6. In the right pane, look for the value: DisableTaskMgr
7. Right click DisableTaskMgr and select Delete. (When prompted with "Are you sure you want to delete this value", select Yes.
8. Now browse to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\policies\system
9. In the right pane, look for the value: DisableTaskMgr
10. Right click DisableTaskMgr and select Delete. (When prompted with "Are you sure you want to delete this value", select Yes.
11. Close the Registry by choosing File | Exit
12. You should now be able to access Task Manager. If not, reboot into Safe Mode and repeat the steps outlined above. Safe Mode and repeat the steps outlined above.