Please Help - Microsoft XP

[quortoth]

i have recently moved house and have just reset-up my computer,

i clicked on my quicklink to task manager and it says that task manager has been disabled by the administrator, so i pressed ctrl+alt+del and again it told me that the task manager has be disabled by an administrator, as i only have one account on my pc and i am the administrator is there away in which i can undisable it?

please help

[Santa]

i suspect you know the administrator password
reboot into safe mode
go into user accounts and make sure your present account has administrative rights

there is a faster way to get into administrator account - i forgot it sorry

[Izagaia]

Going into "safemode" brings up the administrator account by default. And unless you think about doing it before hand, they are not always password protected. There is also a registry tweak that will place the admin account directly on your logon screen for access all the time. Here is a direct link to the tweak. Source: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

enable admin account on welcome screen (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/adminwelcomescreen.vbs)

[tesco]

there is a faster way to get into administrator account - i forgot it sorryAt the welcome screen, as lng as you're not logged in, you can press alt-ctrl-del twice to bring up the regular login screen where u can type in administrator and the password to get into that account.

[Santa]

ah yes good ol three finger

[quortoth]

thanks guys, tryed all of that but couldnt get it to work, dunno what to do, oh well thanks anyways ppl

[4play]

i have encountered a few viruses that block you from using taskman, regedit and a few other apps. i would use an up to date virus scanner and run a full system scan.

[quortoth]

cheers pal, got a virus scanner, it found a trojan and a virus, now i got rid of em anyy ideas how to get me task manager back?

[quortoth]

ok, still not working and i now know that i have no virus that is stopping it, i have been told that a virus could have disabled it and now that i have cleared the virus i have to re-enable it, can any one tell me how to re-enable it?

ty

[peat moss]

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/UserTips/Customization/EnableDisableTaskManagerinWindowsXPHomePro.html

[backlash]

If your press shift and right click an icon, such as user accounts, you can choose "run as," which lets you open it with administrator rights, granted you know the username and password.

[quortoth]

thank you very much