Because i am local admin and i’m authorized to do whatever i want, i can use process explorer.
But i want to use taskmgr.exe
The exe is signed by microsoft
Alternative: Download sysinternals tools from Microsoft, procmon is way better anyways and portable.
Task manager can have a password?
Anyway, it looks suspicious. Resolution of that window is not quite right, it’s fuzzy. Though I now see you said the .exe is signed, so I guess it’s just some scaling bug.
It’s a screenshot from Intel amt remote admin session so it’s scaled& compressed
But indeed now that I notice, it’s weird that the text “enter password” is out of focus compared to the other crispy text.
But maybe it’s because everything is scaled 150% and that window doesn’t support scaling
No, that’s not what I meant. The window and text around looks fine. I meant the content of the window, that prompt itself.
there was a 3rd party exe that intercepted the call and asked for the password
I’ve never really understood this approach. If my work laptop prevents me from doing work, I open a ticket, cc my boss, and move on with my life. I’ve got enough other stuff to do and why take on the risk associated with circumventing company security controls just to get that TPS report in on time? I’ve got documentation showing that I tried and couldn’t complete the work because of the security control.
This is the right way to do it. Make it clear this IT process is causing reduced performance. Especially if you’re a profit centre you will likely see the problem solved soon enough.
This specific thing. A password on task manager is really dumb though. I assume they have some spyware they don’t want users to be able to stop. But, most of this kind of software (think antivirus) generally have other ways to prevent tasks being closed. They don’t need to remove task manager. Task manager is an important and needed tool for any windows user.