Oy Vey (Taskmanager won't open)

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-08-30 08:43pm

I get an error every time I hit control-alt-delete, telling me that my admin has disabled the task manager, but I'm the one using the admin account, and I sure as hell didn't fuck with it. How can I change it back?

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2005-08-30 09:02pm

Is there an option for it in services.msc under Administrative Templates? You can simply run that from the Run... menu to find out.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-08-30 09:13pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Is there an option for it in services.msc under Administrative Templates? You can simply run that from the Run... menu to find out.

I don't see anything like it in the services menu, sadly.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2005-08-30 09:22pm

Blah, that's a frigging annoying problem alright. Unfortunately, I have zero experience with this sort of administrative "limiting", so I can't really help you beyond the services function.

I'd recommend Googling for some registry tweaking tools that include options for enabling/disabling user features, and to see what everyone else has to say here.

Good luck.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2005-08-31 03:22am

This is a common tactic for viruses, trojans and other malware.

Your computer is probably fucked.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-08-31 01:13pm

ggs wrote:This is a common tactic for viruses, trojans and other malware.

Your computer is probably fucked.

*sighs* Yes, it probably is, aside from my other five trillion problems.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2005-08-31 01:28pm

Captain tycho wrote:
ggs wrote:This is a common tactic for viruses, trojans and other malware.

Your computer is probably fucked.
*sighs* Yes, it probably is, aside from my other five trillion problems.

When in doubt, reformat. Worth a try, and you can be 99% sure it'll fix the problem hehe.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-08-31 01:31pm

Except he has far more problems then that, hes probebly pissed that he will end up installing again and again as his PC screwed up 6 ways from sunday.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2005-08-31 01:36pm

Ace Pace wrote:Except he has far more problems then that, hes probebly pissed that he will end up installing again and again as his PC screwed up 6 ways from sunday.

If the problems are software related, and not hardware, a good old format will fix up 99% of them. If the problems are hardware related, the least a format will do is fix his task manager problem.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-08-31 01:45pm

True.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2005-08-31 02:21pm

Boot in safe mode, and clean the spyware.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-08-31 05:18pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:Except he has far more problems then that, hes probebly pissed that he will end up installing again and again as his PC screwed up 6 ways from sunday.
If the problems are software related, and not hardware, a good old format will fix up 99% of them.

Assuming software problems aren't just "Features", formatting will fix them, no '99%' involved. The only way to have a software problem after a format and install is a botched install or to reintroduce the problem (by, for example, connecting to the Internet before patching and installing security software).

In this instance, I'd reccommend downloading at the very least XPSP2's network distribution package if you don't have an inlined copy, if not all the updates since, and keeping it and your firewall/AV package of choice on CD, and installing them before connecting to the internet. If you use an always on connection, physically disconnect it.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-08-31 06:18pm

Okay, thanks for all the help, but after trying a ton of things, nothing seemed to work, then everything seemed to get majorly fucked over, so I just did a total reformat. A pain in the ass, yes, but it fixed all the software problems. Too bad it doesn't help out with my shit ram.