Help please

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Jim

For some reason, i belive it might have been some sort of
virus or worm, my registry and my task manager have been
disabled and i cant seem to enable them again. This
happened after i had a persistant pop-up window that
wouldnt close and when it finally did this is the problem
im having... can some one please offer advice on how to
fix this???
 
Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Prevent Access To registry Editing
Tools="Not Configured"

(usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableRegistryTools
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Same answer use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Ctrl+Alt+Del Options\Remove Task
Manager="Not Configured"

Then be sure to get a properly configured firewall and then get rid of the
spyware/ junkware that you now have installed.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


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| For some reason, i belive it might have been some sort of
| virus or worm, my registry and my task manager have been
| disabled and i cant seem to enable them again. This
| happened after i had a persistant pop-up window that
| wouldnt close and when it finally did this is the problem
| im having... can some one please offer advice on how to
| fix this???
 
I had the same problem on my machine. it is caused by a virus. go to trend
micro's website and download the trial version of their antivirus program
(fully functional for 30 days) scan your system with that program and it
will remove the virus and then regedit, task manager will work as good as
new. you can download the trial version from their website:
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/desktop/pc-cillin/evaluate/trial.htm
good luck

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