task manager greyed out

[gregory]

I have WIN XP Pro on an HP omnibook laptop right clicking
on the task bar still brings up the dialog box but TASK
MANAGER option is greyed out even ctrl+alt+del still
brings up the options but the TASK MANAGER selection is
greyed out. Any ideas on a fix or some other way to
activate the TASK MANAGER function? There have been no
new modifications or downloads. It was there on monday
gone on tuesday. HELP!

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

gregory wrote:
> I have WIN XP Pro on an HP omnibook laptop right clicking
> on the task bar still brings up the dialog box but TASK
> MANAGER option is greyed out even ctrl+alt+del still
> brings up the options but the TASK MANAGER selection is
> greyed out. Any ideas on a fix or some other way to
> activate the TASK MANAGER function? There have been no
> new modifications or downloads. It was there on monday
> gone on tuesday. HELP!

Gregory

Run a complete virus scan on your system, this behavior can be caused by a
virus. See the following website from MVP Kelly for all of these issues.

Troubleshooting the Task Manager
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm#tm

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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System

Look in the right pane for a value called DisableTaskMgr If it exists,
double click it and set it to 0 (zero). If it doesn't exist, right click in
the right pane and select New, DWord value. Name it DisableTaskMgr. Leave
it set at 0.
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"gregory" > wrote in message
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> I have WIN XP Pro on an HP omnibook laptop right clicking
> on the task bar still brings up the dialog box but TASK
> MANAGER option is greyed out even ctrl+alt+del still
> brings up the options but the TASK MANAGER selection is
> greyed out. Any ideas on a fix or some other way to
> activate the TASK MANAGER function? There have been no
> new modifications or downloads. It was there on monday
> gone on tuesday. HELP!