I tried to hit Control, Alt, Delete and it said task manager has been disabled by administrator.?

Question

I am the administrator and dont remember disabling it. How can I get that function back? Any ideas?

Answer 1

Don't know how your using CTL ALT DeL - I got this from the Help & support area of XP

To Enable or Disable the CTRL+ALT+DELETE Sequence
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Secure logon section, select or clear the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box.


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Troubleshooting
• Disabling the CTRL+ALT+DELETE sequence creates a "security hole." The CTRL+ALT+DELETE sequence can be read only by Windows, ensuring that the information in the ensuing logon dialog box can be read only by Windows. This can prevent rogue programs from gaining access to the computer.
• If a Windows XP-based computer is part of a domain, domain-wide policies may have been set that override the settings you make on the local computer.
• On MS-DOS-based computers (and some older UNIX-based systems), pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE gains the attention of the BIOS, causing a "warm" reboot. You can use the keyboard to shut down the operating system. On Windows-based computers (starting with Microsoft Windows NT), the CTRL+ALT+DELETE sequence is intercepted by Windows. The advantage of the keystroke-intercept technique is to help prevent Windows from being shut down by someone who does not have access to do so.

Answer 2

It's a virus. I've seen this before. Run an antivirus and do some spyware scans.