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November 7th, 2009 11:00

Disabled task manager

Does anyone know how to enable my task manager. The message says that the "administrator has disabled task manager". This is my laptop.

  • BELL BOY

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    Posted November 7th, 2009 16:00

    ahowell55

     

    Looks like a Malware issue, so try asking Malware Removal Forum experts for help

     

    Before posting there, read the first thread by Bugbatter, click here

     

     

  • Alexandra_P

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    Posted November 7th, 2009 16:00

    EDIT:  BellBoy beat me to it...

    Unfortunately,  if you are the administrator, and didn't disable it yourself,   it's likely it was disabled by malware.    Just fixing the task manager isn't hard (just Google it), but it would be just treating a symptom, not fixing the problem.

    Do a full scan with whatever antivirus software you have, then you might want to get a second opinion from a couple of good free programs:

    http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

    http://www.superantispyware.com/

    If you need more help, you can opt to post a log in the Malware Removal forum here for trained help (be sure to read the "How to Post a Log" at the top first), or get help from a site such as Spywarehammer which also has trained analysts.

    http://en.community.dell.com/forums/3521.aspx

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    Posted November 7th, 2009 18:00

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    At least it’s the same answer – only yours is much better :emotion-4: l.o.l.