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Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

Error Message: "Task Manager has been disabled by youradministrator"

When you try to open Task Manager, the following error may occur:Task Manager has been disabled by your administratorResolutionThis error is caused if the DisableTaskMgr restriction is enabled. Toenable Task Manager, try one of these methods:

IMPORTANT: If this restriction was enabled in your system withoutyou doing anything or without your knowledge, then it's highly likelythat a Virus has blocked the usage of Task Manager in your system byenabling the DisableTaskMgr policy via the registry. I strongly suggest

that you perform a thorough checkup of your system immediately.Steps listed in the Resolution section of this article helps you unblockthe Task Manager, but that does not remove the Virus (if any) fromyour system.

Method 1Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below:(better - Copy and paste)Top of Form

REG addHKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /vDisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

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Method 2· Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe· Navigate to the following branch:HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System

· In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableTaskMgr· Close Regedit.exe

Method 3: Using Group Policy Editor - for Windows XP Professional· Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.· Navigate to this branch:User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System /Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task Manager

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· Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.· Set the policy to Not Configured.

Message: "The command prompt has been disabled by youradministrator"

When you attempt to run CMD.exe or a batch file, you may receive themessage "The command prompt has been disabled by youradministrator". This is caused by restrictions placed in Registry.DisableCMD value is set to 1 or via Group Policy. To enable TaskManager, try any of these methods:

Method 1 : Using the console registry toolClick Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below:(better - Copy and paste)REG add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /vDisableCMD /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Method 2: Edit the registry directlyOpen Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]In the right-pane, double-click DisableCMD and set it's data to 0

Method 3: Using Group Policy Editor in Windows XP Professional.Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.Navigate to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ System

Double-click the Prevent access to the command promptYou can then disable or set the policy to Not Configured. Disabling orsetting this policy to Not Configured should solve the problem.