How To Enable Task manager

Time Required: 5 minutes

Here's How:

Click Start

Click Run

Type REGEDIT

Click OK The Registry Editor will now open


Browse to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\system

In the right pane, look for the value: DisableTaskMgr
Right click DisableTaskMgr and select Delete. (When prompted with "Are you sure you want to delete this value", select Yes.

Now browse to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\policies\system


In the right pane, look for the value: DisableTaskMgr
Right click DisableTaskMgr and select Delete. (When prompted with "Are you sure you want to delete this value", select Yes.

Close the Registry by choosing File | Exit

You should now be able to access Task Manager. If not, reboot into Safe Mode and repeat the steps outlined above