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Task manager disabled by the administrator

When i try to open task manager, i get an error message " task manager has been disabled by the administrator". its because of a virus and i am unable to view folder options also in the menu and unable to access the C & D drives. i dint find the open and explore options when u right click. and the anti virus software is not detecting the virus. laptop is at risk. kindly advise immediately. also suggest best anti virus software.

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    pls respnd . i am waiting

  • Anonymous Dec 01, 2008

    I want to restore my task manager which was disabled by the administrator. How?

  • matwassim Dec 08, 2008

    My task manager is disabled.To open it everutime I have to go to gpedit.msc. Also unable to install any anti-virus from my hard disk. The setup file itself is not executing. I quick formatted the C drive. But again the problem remains. Currently no anti-virus is installed in my machine. Please help soon...

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Click on the article and follow the instruction to resolve the issue. 

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Hi,

To regain access to your Task Manager and Folder Options, the quickest remedy for the moment would be to download and run RRT.exe. It is "Remove Restriction Tool" and available here.

For Anti-Virus, you can try AntiVir by Avira available here. Additionally, you may want to download and install Lavasoft's Ad-Aware here. Upon download, install and update. Thereafter run a full scan. Pls follow on screen instructions.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

Thank you for using FixYa.

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    Glad to be of assistance and appreciate the rating too.

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