captokita posted : So Task Manager won't come up? What happens when you right click the taskbar? Do you see Task Manager there? Is it grayed out?
If it's grayed out, then there is a setting in the registry blocking it. The two most common keys are:
hkey_local_user\software\microsoft\windows\current_version\policies
Under here look for explorer, and system subkeys. On the right side look for something like disable task manager on each. I've seen malware/viruses put them in both.
hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\current_version\policies
Same as before, look for the explorer and system subkeys, and the same disable task manager on the right of each.
If you see it listed, you can just delete that entry, or change the value to 0.
Hope that helps.
If it's grayed out, then there is a setting in the registry blocking it. The two most common keys are:
hkey_local_user\software\microsoft\windows\current_version\policies
Under here look for explorer, and system subkeys. On the right side look for something like disable task manager on each. I've seen malware/viruses put them in both.
hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\current_version\policies
Same as before, look for the explorer and system subkeys, and the same disable task manager on the right of each.
If you see it listed, you can just delete that entry, or change the value to 0.
Hope that helps.