With just this information, it is safe to assume that the Task Manager is a powerful tool, and not everyone should be able to access it. Therefore, to increase your system’s security, it is advised to disable the Task Manager for certain users. The Task Manager is often disabled by sysadmins inside organizations so the end users are not able to perform any tasks they shouldn’t. In this article, we show you how to disable the Task Manager or enable it if it has been disabled by your administrator.
Disable the Task Manager using Group Policy
The Group Policies are what the sysadmins control if your PC is part of an Active Directory. Of course, if your Task Manager is disabled by an admin, then the following method to enable it using the Group Policy Editor would not work. In this case, we suggest that you adopt the remaining two methods given below to activate the Task Manager. If you have a standalone computer, then you may use the following steps to disable the Task Manager for a particular user. Note that you need to be signed in from that user account for it to apply to it. The Task Manager will not be disabled. Any attempt to open the Task Manager will no longer work, and you will see a similar error message: Note that a restart or enforcement of the Group Policies would not be necessary. Remember that the Task Manager will only be disabled for the user account you are logged in from. To re-enable it, all you need to do is set the Group Policy “Remove Task Manager” to either “Not Configured” or “Disabled.”
Disable the Task Manager from Windows Registry
You can also disable or enable the Task Manager from the Windows Registry. If your PC is part of a domain, then this is the method you should opt for. Use the following steps to disable the Task Manager for the user account you are logged in from: As with the Group Policy method, the Task Manager will no longer launch. You can also use our top selection of disk imaging and backup software so you never lose your data or operating system again. A system restart is not necessary for the changes to take effect. In order to activate the Task Manager, all you need to do is change the Value Data for “DisableTaskMgr” from 1 to 0.
Disable the Task Manager using PowerShell (Command Line)
You can perform the same steps as above and disable or enable the Task Manager using a single command in PowerShell. This can also be applied to the Command Prompt or the Run Command box. To disable the Task Manager using PowerShell, run the following command in an elevated PowerShell instance: This command will make the same changes to the Windows Registry which have been discussed in the previous section above. To re-enable the Task Manager, use the following command: These are the methods you can use to enable or disable the Task Manager for specific user accounts. To enable the Task Manager using cmd, use this command:reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
