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how to reable the task manager
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:16 am
by VooDoo
dont think the subject can get any clearer than that...
me
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:47 am
by FlyingPenguin
Clear as mud...
"RE-ENABLE" I assume? What happens when you try to bring up the task manager?
There is no way to disable the task manager normally unless you're a user without administrative privileges or some spyware or virus has disabled it.
Need more information.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:53 pm
by VooDoo
Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Clear as mud...
"RE-ENABLE" I assume? What happens when you try to bring up the task manager?
There is no way to disable the task manager normally unless you're a user without administrative privileges or some spyware or virus has disabled it.
Need more information.
sry about that....
that is what happend, had a virus and the a-hole who wrote it disabled
the task mgr, and yes i have admin rights
he also disabled the windows firewall program to
anything else??
mre
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:10 pm
by smb
the only way to reenable is to reinstall. at least from what i've encountered.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:11 pm
by FlyingPenguin
"Had" a virus is incorrect. The virus has not been properly removed if your Task Manager and Firewall are disabled.
Which virus? Makes a difference. I'd check to see if there's a free removal tool on Symantec's site. You probably have little hope of repairing the registry damage manually.
Even a repair install won't necessarily help since it keeps the old registry.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:51 pm
by VooDoo
the virus was bloodhound.w3.ep
or should i just eat it a re do the os
me
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:28 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Unfortunately this sounds like a hard one to clean properly.
Some manual removal instructions at the end of this page:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/d ... hound.html
Yeah, your best bet might be a clean install. I would also recommend you make a Ghost or Acronis image of your good install once you have it setup so you can restore it if something like this ever happens again.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:31 pm
by VooDoo
ok thanx, FP
me
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:57 pm
by smb
Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
"Had" a virus is incorrect. The virus has not been properly removed if your Task Manager and Firewall are disabled.
Which virus? Makes a difference. I'd check to see if there's a free removal tool on Symantec's site. You probably have little hope of repairing the registry damage manually.
Even a repair install won't necessarily help since it keeps the old registry.
you say tomato, I say tomato.
when I say reinstall, I mean format and reinstall.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:09 pm
by VooDoo
Originally posted by smb
you say tomato, I say tomato.
when I say reinstall, I mean format and reinstall.
i know
just got done with the reistall
me