"Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator"

Solution:If you are getting error, "Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator" , when trying to launch task manger on Windows XP machine then here is a simple solution for you.

Solution: Click “Start >> Run” and type following command exactly as given below and click OK.


REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f


Yep. This problem is solved now!

Other Method

Method 1 - Using the Group Policy Editor in Windows XP Professional

1. Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
2. Under User Configuration, Click on the plus (+) next to Administrative Templates
3. Click on the plus (+) next System, then click on Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options
4. Find Remove Task Manager in the right-hand pane and double click on it
5. Choose the option "Not Configured" and click Ok.
6. Close the Group Policy Window


Method 2: Change Task Manager through a Registry REG file
1. Click on Start, Run, and type Notepad and press Enter 2. Copy and paste the information between the dotted lines into Notepad and save it to your desktop as taskmanager.reg ------------------------------------ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000 ------------------------------------- 3. Double click on the taskmanager.reg file to enter the information into the Windows registry Method 4: Delete the restriction in the registry manually 1. Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and press Enter 2. Navigate to the following branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System 3. In the right pane, find and delete the value named DisableTaskMgr 4. Close the registry editor

problem is solved now!