Disable Task Manager
The following registry hack enables us to disable the Task Manager. Here is a step by step procedure to disable Windows task manager.
Step1: Goto start>run and type “regedit” in the run.
Step2: In the registry navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Value Name: DisableTaskMgr
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = disable Task Manager)
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = disable Task Manager)
Step 4: Then navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Step 5: Make the changes according to the following data
Value Name: DisableTaskMgr
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = disable Task Manager)
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = disable Task Manager)
Step 6. In the Step 3 and 4, if the values are set to 1 then the Task Manager is disabled. Revert back to 0 in order to enable it back
WARNING: Please Backup your registry before attemting this hack. Changes to registry may lead to system failure.
