I am logged on as administrator (only account - guest is turned off) and it says taskmanager (via Ctrl+Alt+Del) that it has been disabled by my administrator :/. Is there a way to get it back on ??

Try chmod taskman.exe in Windows\ or Windows\System32

nope, nothing opens with taskman.exe in /windows and /system32. In system32 i have taskmgr.exe. but it says its been disabled still (*gets on phone to bill gates*)

or just do the quick reformating

Grivier

haha nah i'd rather keep all the stuff how it is....where did i put my windows CD anyways .

Don't know if you still need help, but it sounds like a simple policy setting.

Here's how you change it.

run the next: gpedit.msc (this is the group policy editor that comes with windows)
- User configuration
- Administrative Templates
- System
- Ctrl+Alt+Del Options

Then pick this policy:
Remove Task Manager and set it to Disabled (or Not Configured).

Hope that helped, Greetz BaRa

perhaps you can get it via the policy editor, or if you have any antispyware/adaware installed it might have disabled it.

Aw, 7 secs before me >.<

Thanks BaRa + n0m4d

NOTE: As I can recall gpedit.msc doesn't come with the Home edition. If you got it (home), you'll have to change it in the register.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Name: DisableTaskMgr
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1=Enable this key, that is DISABLE TaskManager
Value: 0=Disable this key, that is Don't Disable, Enable TaskManager

BaRa