[dba-Tech] Ctrl-Alt-Del

I agree with your summation that from a security standpoint it is useless.
But this is a XP pro machine and my interest lies in applying lessons
learned here to the small business application where a Windows server is not
used (or not set up in a domain).

XP pro defaults to not require ctrl-alt-del when set up in these situations.
So, when one has, say 5 XP machines and 15 w2k machines (set up one at a
time throughout the ages), that's a lot of clicking to accomplish what it
does for the sake of a common user interface. It is actually less work to
turn off the Mickey mouse GUI on XP so that it appears nearly the same as
W2K than it is to accomplish the login format! (A big thank you goes out to
the MS GUI people for that!)

Plus, in Steve's defense, habits are easier to appease than adjust. If one
works in a ctrl-alt-del environment all day why not switch your home login
to be the same?

We're all getting older...

;o)

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Haslett, Andrew

 "Quiet simply far too many steps to do something so basic, don't you
think?"

Maybe because it a very rare (same may say quite ridiculous) requirement for
a home PC that's not on a domain  ;=)

If your home network gets hacked you've got a hell of a lot more to worry
about than making them hit CTR-ALT-DEL.  Ie - its pointless...

Cheers,
A