[dba-Tech] Ctrl-Alt-Del

John,

I have XP Pro.  And I must disabuse you of the notion that there is no
"user" option to require a Ctrl-Alt-Del before logon or right after
you move the mouse to get rid of the screen saver.  I remember using
that option distinctly.

What's getting to me is that when I click on User Accounts and then
"Change the way users logon or off", there's a help topic called
"Logon options."  When I access that Help topic there is another link
to "Learn more about user accounts".

When I choose THAT Help topic I get a list of topics under "User
Accounts and Passwords" that includes the topic "Increase logon
security".  THAT Help topic says:

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1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. In Secure logon, select the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
check box.

Notes

Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE before logging on guarantees that the
authentic Windows logon prompt appears. Requiring the use of
CTRL+ALT+DELETE increases security and helps to thwart certain Trojan
horse programs.
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As Edison Carter used to say in "Max Headroom": "What I wanna know is
this: Where is the 'Advanced' tab?"

Steve Erbach
http://TheTownCrank.blogspot.com


On 2/21/06, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> Steve,
> Is this on XPHE or XPPro?
>
> If on Pro as far as I know there isn't a "user" option to do that, it is all
> or nothing. To verify, I just changed mine, logged out and it wanted
> ctrl-alt-del. Tweak does have a place for default login somewhere so it
> might be that.
>
>
> Don't know if you found this yet but just in case, the screen saver is the
> checkbox for "password required" under the choice list.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:59 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ctrl-Alt-Del
>
> John,
>
> That's the way my system is set up, but I just can't find the option to
> require a Ctrl-Alt-Del from each user account.
>
> I have TweakUI installed, but there's no option regarding Ctrl-Alt-Del.
>
> I'm still looking...
>
> Steve Erbach
> http://TheTownCrank.blogspot.com
>