I got this code to disable and enable the task manager off of Google. The code disabled the task manager and when I tried to access it I got a message saying the task manager is disbaled by an administrator. When I ran the piece to enable it I could see in the register where it was set to zero but I still got the message and couldn't bring up the task manager. Restarting the computer didn't help. On Google I found this command and ran it from the start menu and it restored my access:
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
I got it from here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tor-error-help
So my question is can anyone see what in this code to enable might not work? One possibility is I did this at work and maybe group policies kept it from working somehow even though in regedit I could see it set to zero.
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
I got it from here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tor-error-help
So my question is can anyone see what in this code to enable might not work? One possibility is I did this at work and maybe group policies kept it from working somehow even though in regedit I could see it set to zero.
Code:
Imports Microsoft.Win32
Public Class Form1
Private Sub btnDisable_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnDisable.Click
Dim regkey As RegistryKey
Dim keyValueInt As String = "1"
Dim subKey As String = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System"
Try
regkey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(subKey)
regkey.SetValue("DisableTaskMgr", keyValueInt)
regkey.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Registry Error!")
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub btnEnable_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnEnable.Click
Dim regkey As RegistryKey
Dim keyValueInt As String = "0" '0x00000000 (0)
Dim subKey As String = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System"
Try
regkey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(subKey)
regkey.SetValue("DisableTaskMgr", keyValueInt)
regkey.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Registry Error!")
End Try
End Sub
'This fixed it
' REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
'got it from here
'http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/bd8f2782-110f-459c-9aaf-54e561bf587d/task-manager-has-been-disabled-by-your-administrator-error-help
End Class