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When I press “ctrl+alt+del” my computer shows that the task manager has been “disabled by user.” Why? — John, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Marshall Brain Answers:
If you are on something like a corporate network or a university network, there is a possibility that the Administrator has legitimately disabled the task manager. But if iy is a personal machine and you didn’t change the setting yourself, it almost certainly means that a computer virus or trojan has done it. Viruses are doing stuff like this more and more to make it harder for users to get rid of them.
Articles like this and this explain how to restore functionality. Then you need to remove the virus, usually with your virus checking software, or with instructions on this page. See also:
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