If you are using Windows XP Professional,
Using Group Policy Editor to fix these two issues:

Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
For the Task Manager Disabled part:
Navigate to this path
User Configuration
=> Administrative Templates
==> System
===> Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options
====> Remove Task Manager
Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
Set the policy to Not Configured or Disabled.

For the No Folder Options part:
Navigate to this location:
User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Explorer
Double-click Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu, and set it to Not Configured or Disabled

If you are using Windows XP Home Edi...

If you are using Windows XP Professional,
Using Group Policy Editor to fix these two issues:

Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
For the Task Manager Disabled part:
Navigate to this path
User Configuration
=> Administrative Templates
==> System
===> Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options
====> Remove Task Manager
Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
Set the policy to Not Configured or Disabled.

For the No Folder Options part:
Navigate to this location:
User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Explorer
Double-click Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu, and set it to Not Configured or Disabled

If you are using Windows XP Home Edition,
Using Registry Editor
Click Start, Run, type regedit and click OK.

Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
In the right pane, delete the DWORD value "DisableTaskMgr"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
In the right pane, delete the DWORD value "NoFolderOptions"

Log off for the changes to take effect


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