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Expert: Lorry - 12/17/2008


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Hello!
I have a problem with my computer. Every time I press Ctrl+Alt+del I get this message "Task manager has been disabled by your administrator". I tried all the suggestions I found on the internet, but nothing works and I found out that I get the same error message for registry editing. ALso, I cant scan my computer. I had bitdifender antivirus, but it doesnt work anymore and I cant even unistall it. I have reinstalled Windows XP and tried to install Symantec Antivurs - still doesnt work and I still get the same erorrs. What can I do. Please help me
Thank you

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Hi Alexandra,

Did you try this fix from PCHell?

http://www.pchell.com/support/taskmanagerdisabled.shtml

If you have tried the above, I would suggest doing a clean install of Windows. The following site explains how:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Hope this helps!
Lorry

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