How to fix "Task manager has been disabled by the administrator"?

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Usually this caused by a virus or your administrator disabled access to it.

Symptoms:

  • A grayed out task manager when right click at Systray clock
  • If you run taskmgr.exe directly via "Start Menu >> Run" or command line it will give you the following message: 
    Task manager has been disabled by the administrator

Fix:

  • Start Menu > Run
  • We need to access Group Policy Editor, type: gpedit.msc
  • Navigate to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
  • Double click "Remove Task Manager" and change its setting to "Disabled" and click Apply
  • Double click "Remove Task Manager" and change its setting to "Not Configured" and click Apply and OK
  • Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

Good luck!

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