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Task Manager disabled/No icons on desktop

  • 21-12-2007 7:33pm
    #1
    NCW feen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭


    When I log onto my home PC (Windows XP), no icons appear on the desktop. When I try to access task manager I get a message saying it has been disabled.
    I can only access programs through a guest account on my PC.
    I tried to run a program to remove system restrictions made by malicious software on the guest account but I got a message saying I had to be logged on as the administrator.

    Can anyone recommed something I can download to remove system restrictions made by malicious software which I can run on the guest account where I will not be logged on as an administrator ?

    Any help greatly appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    pdebarra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭pdebarra


    I don't believe there's much you can do as a guest - that's the whole point of the guest account, sadly.

    Perhaps you could try logging in as Admistrator, and seeing what you can do from there?


  • #3
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Also there is the option of booting to safe mode. Do you mean that when you log in as a normal user and find that the task manager is disabled?


  • #4
    ActorSeeksJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭ActorSeeksJob


    Do this from the account that has restrictions

    Please download Deckard's System Scanner (DSS) and save it to your Desktop.
    • Close all other windows before proceeding.
    • Double-click on dss.exe and follow the prompts.
    • If your anti-virus or firewall complains, please allow this script to run as it is not malicious.
    • When it has finished, dss will open two Notepads main.txt and extra.txt -- please copy (CTRL+A and then CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) the contents of main.txt and extra.txt in your next reply.


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