How to enable my task manager and msconfig...possible cause--virus?

Question

whenever i try to right click on the taskbar and choose Task Manager or when i try CTRL+ALT+DEL, a message box appears saying that my task manager has been disabled. the problem is, I am the only administrator in my laptop..... For the MSCONFIG, it doesn't show up everytime i run it... pls help.. still have a lot of things to work on...

Answer 1

start in safe mode (F8 when booting ) run msconfig from there

Answer 2

If you have an anti-virus, I suggest you make sure it has the latest virus definitions and run it. If you don’t, many people here swear by AVG (it’s free).

I also suggest you download Ad-Aware SE and Spybot S&D (they’re free), install them, update them and run them. If any of the above don't seem to be able to get rid of everything it reports finding, try running it again, this time in Safe Mode. Safe Mode often prevents the malware from running and protecting itself.

Also, turn off System Restore to evict any copies of bad stuff that might be lurking there.

To get into Safe Mode:

1. Log out and reboot your machine.
2. When the machine starts the reboot sequence, press the F8 key repeatedly.
3. Select Safe Mode from the resulting menu.
4. The machine will continue booting, but the Windows desktop will look different. You won't be able to see the Internet, for instance. Log in as Administrator. Administrator often has no password.
5. When you're finished, log out and reboot back into normal mode.

Update and run them all regularly.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Have you tried going to start, accessories and performing a system restore from the last good date that is shown in the system restore.

Hope that you have run your antivirus system and removed the virus you believe that you have a virus. Also run your antispyware as it could be spyware.

Then perform your system restore

The system restore will give you back your msconfig and task manager.
\
Good Luck,
Minddoctor, France