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How to disable access to the Task Manager [XP & Vista] - Mark - 05-12-2010
How to disable access to the Task Manager [XP & Vista]
This is a tutorial on how to disable access to the Task Manager.
Access to the task manager allows a user to a variety of things, including making the system unstable or accessing other controls you may not want them to have.
To load the Task manager you can either press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or CTRL+ALT+DEL and then select Task Manager.
In this guide you will learn how to disable Task Manager in Windows XP or in Windows Vista.
Note: This guide involves the use of the Group Policy Editor, which is not included with Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Basic or Windows XP Home.
Steps
How to disable the Task Manager using the Group Policy Editor
1) Start Group Policy Editor
Start > Run > “ gpedit.msc ”
2) In the left panel, go to
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
3) In the right panel, enable
Remove Task Manager
How to disable the Task Manager using the Windows Registry Editor
1) Start Registry Editor
Start > Run > “ regedit ”
2) Disable Current User. In the left panel, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system
3) Disable All Users. In the left panel, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system
4) Create a new DWORD value named DisableTaskMgr
5) Set the value to 1 to disable Task Manager
6) Set the value to 0 to re-enable Task Manager
Note: You may need to restart your system in order for this to take effect.
For more tweaks and optimisation see my mega thread here: http://mcompute.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=620