Windows 10: Win 10 Task Manager now only works in Admin mode

Hi All, I've had my Win 10 laptop for about a year and I keep it up to date. Now all of a sudden the Task Manager only works in Admin mode. I always run in Standard mode and now I have to right click on Task Manager and hit Run As Admin. Otherwise it opens but doesn't run and display live data.

Any ideas why this changed? Thanks,

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Flashing desktop after windows 10 install

After what appeared to be a successful upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 neither the task bar or desktop load. The screen flashes at about 1 Hz rate. Task manager is the only function that seems to be. So I'm stuck can't run anything in Win 10 OS
including getting back previous Win 7 OS. Tried using F8 to get to safe mode without success. Does Win 10 have a safe mode?

 

Windows 10 update issue..

need some help here.. I have downloaded Windows 10 and tried to upgrade my system from Win 7 to Win 10 .. while upgrading is completed it re boots the system and now I don't find Windows 10 on my machine. On reboot Win 7 is started and major concern is that
on Login of my Win 7 black screen with mouse pointer appear nothing more. It just screwed my OS. I tried to start Task manager by Ctrl+Alt+Delete but nothing happens there task manager also doesn't appear.

But when I run in safe mode Win 7 comes up no trace of Win 10. Start Normaly nothing comes up only black screen.. ny help ..

 

Probably security reasons. You can try to use Process Explorer or Process Hacker instead.

 

I downloaded Process Explorer. Process Hacker resides on SourceForge. I've heard from different sources that SourceForge bundles adware and crapware with downloads and it can be *very* difficult to avoid installing the crapware.

Is there a way to easily download apps from SourceForge without getting infected with crapware? Is there some other paid site to download Windows apps that have no bundled crapware?

Also, I had to smile when you mentioned "security reasons" and a SourceForge app in the same post. From what I've heard SourceForge has become a cesspool of insecure sneaky crapware. Do you think this is the case?

Thanks,

 

I found Major Geeks MajorGeeks.Com - MajorGeeks to be one of safest and cleanest sources of SW.

 

Adware bundling stopped about a year ago when SourceForge was bought by another company. You can always download Process Hacker from other sites, like Softpedia - they always state the real nature of applications (clear, free, ...)

If you are not comfortable with this, there is also portable version of same program on same site.

This is (just one mention) about SourceForge from How-to Geek site (look for Update thing *Wink:

 

I've also heard bad things about MajorGeeks but I'll research them to get the latest details. Thanks!

 

Thanks Andre, I'll also research and try to confirm that SourceForge has indeed cleaned up it's act. Good news if it is true. Thanks!

 

Can't recall anything bad about MG, been downloading from and using as main source of SW for many years now. If there's anything bundled (rarely) or with addware, it's clearly marked in red.

 

You're welcome *Smile A lot of people is still mad with SF and download apps from other sites. It's good to have choice.

If you are very concerned about that, it would be good practice to use virustotal (extension for browsers) and Unchecky program.

@TairikuOkami advice is safe to follow and proved to be well informed about most security issues

 

We stopped using Sourceforge as the primary location for Process Hacker a few years ago due to those issues :/

You can download Process Hacker via our main website:
Overview - Process Hacker

Binaries are also available on our Github source repository:
https://github.com/processhacker2/pr...cker2/releases

Hope it helps,

 

Hi dmex, Thanks. I'll check out wj32.org. Cheers!

 

Also, I should say that running the Win 10 Task Manager in admin mode is not really a problem. I was just wondering why it suddenly changed (sudden changes like that can make me nervous about a possible malware infection). "For security reasons" makes sense to me. Thank you TairikuOkami for pointing that out.

Cheers!

 

To answer why is your Task manager under standard user limited, you have to provide some more information.

Do you own computer, or is this business laptop. If you own it, Task Manager should show details under standard user.
Did you add or change policies in local group policy...
Do yo run any programs that change policies (tweaks, security, etc...

Below is clip from my Task Manager under standard user and it shows all details. In details View (tab) you can chose additional columns to show if process runs under elevated user...

You should post clip of Task Manager on your laptop.