Question

I found this code for disabling the task manager in Windows XP. It works 🙂

But does it work in Windows 7, too? The registry path is the same, I’ve checked this. But maybe there are some restrictions!?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

By default, the below keys have “readonly” access for standard users since Windows 2000 (See here).

• HKLM\Software\Policies
• HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
• HKCU\Software\Policies
• HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

So your application needs to have administrative privileges in order to write to these keys.