RE: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread Crawford, Scott
Wow. They can't come up with anything better for you to do than this? :) I would just tell management that it's not realistically possible and rather pointless anyway. One option might be Process Explorer. Obviously it has WAY more UI than task manager, but it *might* have some option for

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread James Rankin
I did give Process Explorer a thought...however, I have, in the face of the overwhelming evidence that this ain't possible, managed to convince management otherwise. I have managed to restrict the Task Manager window to the Applications tab only, using AppSense to block out all the tab controls.

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread Jonathan Link
When you describe the tasks management asks of you, I imagine... A laser pointer aimed at a wall, while my cats go crazy trying to get it. Just sayin'. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:53 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I did give Process Explorer a thought...however, I have, in the

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread James Rankin
Well, the only good thing coming out of it is the fact that I have gotten them to rethink how long this project is going to take, in light of the exact way they are demanding their desktop environment look. So I've just gotten my contract extended by an extra eight weeks :-) On 11 March 2011

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
+1 and dumb. Are you also blocking access to tasklist.exe ? Have fun trying to block switch syntax. :-) -- ME2 On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.eduwrote: Wow. They can’t come up with anything better for you to do than this? J I would just tell

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread James Rankin
Actually I can block specified keystrokes on specified windows, but luckily I haven't been asked anything that crazy yet :-) On 11 March 2011 20:26, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.comwrote: +1 and dumb. Are you also blocking access to tasklist.exe ? Have fun trying to block

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: When you describe the tasks management asks of you, I imagine... A laser pointer aimed at a wall, while my cats go crazy trying to get it. I have a laser pointer in my desk that projects the image of a dollar sign.

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
LOL! Where did you get it? -- ME2 On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: When you describe the tasks management asks of you, I imagine... A laser pointer aimed at a wall,

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I have a laser pointer in my desk that projects the image of a dollar sign. I tell people I can usually get management to chase it. ;-) LOL!  Where did you get it? Hmmm. I forget. It was a kit of a

Re: Hide specific tabs in Task Manager

2011-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
neeto, thanks. -- ME2 On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I have a laser pointer in my desk that projects the image of a dollar sign. I tell people I can usually