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win2k task manager problem.. help!

  • 13-12-2002 04:00PM
    #1
    LoLth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭


    A bit of a strange problem.

    A fresh install of windows2000 on to a blank HD.
    All works lovely and nice BUT:

    Ctrl-alt-del: does nothing when you select task manager
    Start> Run> tskmgr.exe = no joy
    ctrl-shift-esc = nope

    no error message, nothing. It just sits there and does nothing. not even HD access.

    any ideas?

    ps. double clicking on the task manager exe does nothing either. Hourglass for 1 second then back to normal.


Comments

  • #2
    LoLth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    forgot to mention. It is win2k SP3.


  • #3
    TacT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    make sure that you have a registry entry such as this set up accordingly, someone could have fiddled with it perhaps? :confused:


    Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
    Name: DisableTaskMgr
    Type: REG_DWORD
    Value: 0=Disablethis key, that is Don't Disable, Enable TaskManager


  • #4
    LoLth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    thanks for the reply.

    but,

    there is no registry entry for task manager in there :(

    or is this a completely new entry I should put in? If it is supposed to be there already, someone could have deleted it I suppose.


  • #5
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Put it in, see what happens.

    adam


  • #6
    TacT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    as dahamsta said, make it :)

    without that reg key you don't get task manager


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  • #7
    ando
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭ando


    did you install 2000 with a OS cd or a Restore CD?


  • #8
    LoLth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    used an OS CD.

    (it was a fresh build and install)


  • #9
    TacT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    I take it the reg key didn't do the trick then?


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