[Reinstall XP Pro?] 'Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete' Grayed Out

From: David Dickerson (ddickerson@igc.org)
Date: 10/17/02 

From: "David Dickerson" <ddickerson@igc.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:49:45 -0700

Hello, yet again, everyone.

Because no one has responded to my description of this
problem, I will assume that few people have read the
message or that the problem is too perplexing.

I am having enough such "minor" problems that I am
seriously considering reinstalling XP Pro from scratch. I
worry about the cumulative affect of such "nuisances."

If you have ANY ideas and feel that I reinstall is too
drastic, please reply at your earliest convenience. (I
have a dual-boot sytem with Windows 2000 Professional and
2k Pro is rock-solid stable compared to XP Pro, but I
paid the full retail price for XP Pro -- the only way
that I could do a clean install -- and I need 2k Pro for
Oracle 8i and some other programs.)

I offer my deepest thanks, in advance!

In utter desperation --

Cordially,

David

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello, again, everyone.
>
>When I did my system restore, I disabled the option to
>show Administrative Tools, which I have enabled and I
>found that I made the change in Local Security Settings.
>
>I just changed the policy, "Interactive Logon: Do not
>require CTRL+ALT+DEL," to "Enabled" -- which DID clear
>the check box in the "User Accounts" control panel, but
>it DOES NOT allow me to PLACE a check in that box.
>
>I apparently am not seeing something, or I have done
some
>damage, and the only way that I can now change this
>option is via the Local Security Settings administrative
>tool.
>
>What on earth have I done to WinXP Pro?
>
>Thank you, AGAIN, very much, in advance, for your help!
>
>Cordially,
>
>David
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hello, everyone.
>>
>>I am running Windows XP Professional (as well as
Windows
>>2000 Pro on a dual-boot system).
>>
>>
>>PROBLEM:
>>Under the "Advanced" tab for the "User Accounts"
control
>>panel, in the "Secure logon" section at the bottom, the
>>check box for "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
>is
>>disabled (grayed out) and checked -- making this option
>>inaccessible and impossible for me to change.
>>
>>I would, however, like to be able to enable and disable
>>this option in this convenient manner.
>>
>>
>>BACKGROUND:
>>Before someone kindly told me to type 'control
>>userpasswords2' at the command prompt, in order to make
>>the "Advanced" tab appear (and "Help and Support"
refers
>>to this tab as if it appears BY DEFAULT), I had logged
>on
>>as Administrator (although my account, the only other
>>one, has full administrative rights) and I changed a
>>setting somewhere -- and I cannot recall where -- to
>>enable the "Enable require users to press
>>Ctrl+Alt+Delete" option. (I had to "dig," but I was
>>determined.)
>>
>>I DO recall that I right-clicked on this line, in a
long
>>list of administrative options, and then clicked a
radio
>>button to force the use of 'Ctrl+Alt+Delete' to log on,
>>but, a day later, I cannot find the system tool that I
>>used to access this function. (It's true what they say
>>about being over forty!) ;-)
>>
>>I WAS able to find this function yesterday and I
>reverted
>>the settings back to the default, which allowed the
>check
>>box in the "Secure logon" section of the "User
Accounts"
>>control panel to function as normal.
>>
>>I have just done a system restore, however, because I
>>feared registry damage from uninstalling Microsoft
>>Messenger (with a tool that was written before XP
>Service
>>Pack 1), and need to reactivate this check box.
>>
>>I feel extremely foolish, particularly because I may
end
>>up requiring the use of Ctrl+Alt+Delete, but, right
now,
>>I just want to have an easy way to exercise this option.
>>
>>
>>REQUEST:
>>Would someone please tell me what system tool I need to
>>access as Administrator in order to correct my error
and
>>make "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
functional
>>again in the "User Accounts" control panel?
>>
>>Thank you very much, in advance, for your time and help
>>(and I apologize for the verbose message)!
>>
>>Cordially,
>>
>>David
>>
>>P.S. -- Please note that my e-mail address is
>temporarily
>>set to bounce all e-mail, a drastic measure to stop the
>>flood of "spam" to an eleven-year-old e-mail account --
>>so please direct your response as a reply to this
>message
>>in the newsgroup. Thank you!
>>.
>>
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