How to enable Task Manager (if disabled)

[killermanjaro65]

1. Click the Start Menu
2a. Type RegEdit and click the one with the blocks icon (Win7)
2b. Click Run and type RegEdit (WinXP)
3. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER
4. Scroll down and expand Software
5. Scroll down and expand Microsoft
6. Scroll down and expand Windows
7. Expand CurrentVersion
8. Scroll down and expand Policies
9. Click on System
10. Right click on DisableTaskMgr and click Modify
11. Change the value from 1 to 0, but leave everything else alone
12. Click OK
13. Try opening the task manager, if it opens you've done it correctly

[Grin]

On my school, I don't even see the RegEdit.
But nice tutorial.

[AceInfinity]

You could just create a .reg file as backup so that you don't even have to remember the filepath or anything else but where your .reg file to make these changes exists.

[Crystal]

Amazing thread I must say! It would be helpful to many!

[fanta]

And how do you make a .reg file?

[AceInfinity]

Save this as a text file with the .reg extension:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000

Example: "EnableTaskManager.reg"