Ok, thanks for the reply.  But my situation is like this.  We have 1
computer laboratory with 40 computer units.  The students will log on using
a generic or default "student" username and "student" as password.  I have
installed a monitoring software to check the running programs of each
computer (to monitor and avoid any student from installing games on their
computer).  My problem is, there are some smart kids who will just kill the
monitoring application by accessing the task manager.  I don't want to lock
up the task manager if username is "student" via policy editor because i
might encounter problems wherein I need to manually end a certain program
from running.

If there is no way but to resort to policy editor, Im asking if there is
such an application (w/ password protection) which I could run to enable
task manager again.  All the computers are pre-loaded w/ Deep Freeze so for
every restart, the task manager will be disabled again.  Thanks!!!


Frederick Navarro


On 8/21/07, Russ Poffenberger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Frederick,
>
> The program that runs is c:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe. It should
> theoretically be possible to change the permissions on this file to deny
> read and execute permission for all users except Administrator, or perhaps
> some user account you create specifically for this purpose. In order to
> run
> it, you would hold down the shift key and right click on
> c:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe in an explorer window and select "Run
> as...", and then enter the credentials for Administrator or the special
> user.
>
> Russ Poffenberger
> Credence Systems Corp
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frederick Navarro
> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:03 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [PCSOFT] Task Manager
> >
> > Hello everyone,  I would like to ask if there is an
> > application which could prompt for a password if the user
> > wants to access the task manager window?
> > My students are accessing this which I've given the
> > instruction not to, so inorder to avoid stubborn students
> > doing this, I was wondering if it would ask for a password
> > which only i knows.  Im using Windows XP PRO,thanks!!!!
> >
> > Frederick Navarro
> >
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