Re: CTRL-ALT-DEL wont work on login screen

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 04/15/03 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:51:37 -0700

Use of double alt-cntrl-del only works when the Welcome
screen is being shown for login with no active logins.
When the Welcome screen is being used for the Switch
User functionality, double alt-cntrl-del is not active.
This is not a solution to your issue, but just a statement
of how it is. 

-- 
Roger 
"Lyall" <lyallp=msnews@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:063c01c302d6$6db10340$3301280a@phx.gbl...
> I have prevented Administrator from appearing on the 
> login screen by adding Administrator to the list of users 
> not to display on this screen.
> If Administrator is logged in and the screen saver kicks 
> in, I get the new GUI login screen, but CTRL-ALT-DEL wont 
> work, I can't get back into Administrator.
> Curiously enough, even normally, the CTRL-ALT-DEL has to 
> be hit twice before the normal login window appears.
> I like the GUI login screen, I don't want to force people 
> to use ctrl-alt-del to log in, I just want to use it to 
> get to Administrator (the less prying eyes see, the less 
> they explore)
> How can I ensure that CTRL-ALT-DEL will work?
> The pc is XP Pro, home network, Workgroup is HOME, not 
> WORKGROUP (as per a different MS post which says CTRL-ALT-
> DEL wont work if the PC is in WORKGROUP - by design)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> ...Lyall

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