Hide application from Taskmanager

[allenflame]

I'm creating a program for our teachers laptops. This past year, I bet over half of the laptops never made it to school each week. I've got the program where it works and does what I want, gives them a message every five minutes nagging them to return the laptop to the school and login, but now I'd like to make it where they cannot close the program. All the searching I've done, everyone seems to shy away from this question, because it can also be used for trojans, virii, etc. I'll be glad to send you my source and even give you the name of my school district for some help. As long as it doesn't show up under applications, I think I'll be ok. Also, where can I go to change the name that shows up under processes?

[msanchez]

It seems the easier and more trustworthy route would be to disable access to the the Task Mgr through group policy.

1. Go to Start > Run... and type in gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options > Remove Task Manager
3. Double-click the Remove Task Mgr option
4. Set the policy to Enabled

Good luck,

[RobDog888]

You can not change the name of a running process. Also, there are more proper ways to work around that. The suggested GPO is the best way to do this.

Other things like creating a log file showing the starting and ending date/time of the app runs or write out to the log when the app is closed by the terminate processes button in the task manager etc. can help determine if they are getting around your app and closing it.

[Ron Weller]

Found these links on pscode.com
Advanced Hide-From-Task-Manager Includes Hiding From Process List
http://www.pscode.com/vb/scripts/Sho...56383&lngWId=1

A - Hide and Show your application from Task Manager in Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP (CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
http://www.pscode.com/vb/scripts/Sho...44293&lngWId=1

[Keithuk]

Just compile your exe to Services.exe, you can't End Task that.

[allenflame]

I should have mentioned I'm using VB Express Edition 2005. I tried the two posts, both seem to be for VB6 and before. Thanks for all your help guys.

[Ron Weller]

That's because this forum is for vb6 and older. You want the .Net forum.

[RobDog888]

Thread Moved

Im not all that comfortable with the topic for this thread as it can easily be used for malicious intent.

[allenflame]

If anyone would be more comfortable emailing me the details, email me at

"myusernamehere"@gmail.com

[Ron Weller]

You should never post your e-mail address To a public forum. Everyone in the world can now spam you! Private messages are used for this kind of info! I suggest that you edit/remove this post asap!

[allenflame]

that's why I used "myusernamehere" instead of the actual user. Just checked and that is an actual user name, or at least it's not available.

[RobDog888]

If you have it enabled, members can contact you via your profile's email feature. No spam at all.