Comments on: Enable Ctrl+Alt+Delete for Vista Logon Screen http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:29:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: sam http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-76384 sam Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:52:59 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-76384 ctrl+alt+del is used to switch win XP login screen. in does not works in vista. i have lost my user password. but my administrator has no password. how can i access it. please help me. ctrl+alt+del is used to switch win XP login screen.
in does not works in vista. i have lost my user password.
but my administrator has no password. how can i access it.
please help me.

]]> By: Dingle-whaght http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-72883 Dingle-whaght Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:56:44 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-72883 I haven't tried this yet, but by doing this method, are you able to use the regular log in and the ctrl+alt+delete login? I haven’t tried this yet, but by doing this method, are you able to use the regular log in and the ctrl+alt+delete login?

]]> By: Johnson Yip http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-72308 Johnson Yip Fri, 22 May 2009 18:25:31 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-72308 Thanks, your tutorial is easy to follow. I found the pictures and steps easy to follow. I read in a Mike Meyers All in One Comptia A+ book on the section on maintaining Windows that the CTRL ALT DEL command wipes the memory of running programs in the login screen, so no other program can pretend to be the login screen to steal your password and username. Thanks, your tutorial is easy to follow. I found the pictures and steps easy to follow. I read in a Mike Meyers All in One Comptia A+ book on the section on maintaining Windows that the CTRL ALT DEL command wipes the memory of running programs in the login screen, so no other program can pretend to be the login screen to steal your password and username.

]]> By: Travis http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-70453 Travis Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:18:25 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-70453 Ctrl alt del is not a WINDOWS ONLY command, it is used during POST or Power On Self Test, where the bios checks all system resources, and it is used to restart the system during the post. and a PC is not a Windows ONLY machine, it can also be used to run LINUX, UNIX, SOLAIRS, and in an illegal and hacked instance MAC OS. BIOS manufactures are not only windows, they have nothing to do with Microsoft really, they are just instructions for the motherboard and resources on how to handle things, IE. Phenox and Award bios's are there own company. sorry if any misspelled words. im not sure where it originated, just wanting to clear that up from a previous post above. Ctrl alt del is not a WINDOWS ONLY command, it is used during POST or Power On Self Test, where the bios checks all system resources, and it is used to restart the system during the post. and a PC is not a Windows ONLY machine, it can also be used to run LINUX, UNIX, SOLAIRS, and in an illegal and hacked instance MAC OS. BIOS manufactures are not only windows, they have nothing to do with Microsoft really, they are just instructions for the motherboard and resources on how to handle things, IE. Phenox and Award bios’s are there own company. sorry if any misspelled words. im not sure where it originated, just wanting to clear that up from a previous post above.

]]> By: Rafael Munoz G. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-68635 Rafael Munoz G. Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:45:43 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-68635 Thank you so much.... I fix that on my father's computer... =D Ciao! Thank you so much…. I fix that on my father’s computer… =D

Ciao!

]]> By: dave http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-65141 dave Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:18:57 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-65141 The requirement for the keyboard user to type some special key sequence, guaranteed uninterceptible by user programs, is part of the US governments' criteria for evaluating security. It is referred to, I think, as 'trusted path login'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computer_System_Evaluation_Criteria The requirement is more obvious if you've used a timesharing system, wherein it is trivial for user A to write a program which prompts 'login:' (or similar) and waits for unsuspecting user B to show up. On Windows NT, the question was then 'which key combination to choose'. Just about every interesting key sequence was already in use by some Windows 3.1 application. Ctrl+Alt+Del was an obvious exception. There's no other connection between Ctrl+Alt+Del as the Windows secure attention key sequence and the fact that it is traditionally handled by the PC BIOS in real mode; except that the fact that it was handled by the BIOS pretty much guaranteed that it was assigned no other use. The requirement for the keyboard user to type some special key sequence, guaranteed uninterceptible by user programs, is part of the US governments’ criteria for evaluating security. It is referred to, I think, as ‘trusted path login’.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.....n_Criteria

The requirement is more obvious if you’ve used a timesharing system, wherein it is trivial for user A to write a program which prompts ‘login:’ (or similar) and waits for unsuspecting user B to show up.

On Windows NT, the question was then ‘which key combination to choose’. Just about every interesting key sequence was already in use by some Windows 3.1 application. Ctrl+Alt+Del was an obvious exception.

There’s no other connection between Ctrl+Alt+Del as the Windows secure attention key sequence and the fact that it is traditionally handled by the PC BIOS in real mode; except that the fact that it was handled by the BIOS pretty much guaranteed that it was assigned no other use.

]]> By: Shade http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-64984 Shade Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:51:46 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-64984 jps is right. its to stop another application impersonating the windows login screen and retrieving usernames and passwords to be emailed to the developer of the third party app. ctrl-alt-del is difficult (not impossible) to block with the new (post '98) kernel. In previous versions applications could send Windows a message to say that the screen saver is running, and windows would respond to cad by saying "go away im sleeping grr" but now all that is "safely" locked up in SAM, and not too many unethical developers have gotten past this yet (not that they've tried much - better ways of hacking have recently opened up). ~Shade jps is right. its to stop another application impersonating the windows login screen and retrieving usernames and passwords to be emailed to the developer of the third party app. ctrl-alt-del is difficult (not impossible) to block with the new (post ‘98) kernel. In previous versions applications could send Windows a message to say that the screen saver is running, and windows would respond to cad by saying “go away im sleeping grr” but now all that is “safely” locked up in SAM, and not too many unethical developers have gotten past this yet (not that they’ve tried much – better ways of hacking have recently opened up).

~Shade

]]> By: harry http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-63884 harry Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:16:34 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-63884 The updated info above seems wrong? I would use the setting that is Interactive Logon - Do not require Control-Alt-delete. It defaults to enabled on standalone pcs. Disable and you will have to use cnt-alt-del before loggin on. The setting mentioned here does only what it states. It may also cuase the system to revert to cnt-alt-delete but I want the last logon name displayed. The updated info above seems wrong? I would use the setting that is Interactive Logon – Do not require Control-Alt-delete. It defaults to enabled on standalone pcs. Disable and you will have to use cnt-alt-del before loggin on. The setting mentioned here does only what it states. It may also cuase the system to revert to cnt-alt-delete but I want the last logon name displayed.

]]> By: prahagunawan http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-63361 prahagunawan Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:35:10 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-63361 I use windows vista Home basic, but i can't enable Ctrl+Alt+Delete for vista logon Screen. If I typing netplwiz in start menu search, Advanced User Account Panel open, and i can't check the box in secure logon.like picture in attachment can You help me to enable Ctrl+Alt+Delete for Vista logon Screen in My vista Home Basic,Thanks for Your Attention. I use windows vista Home basic, but i can’t enable Ctrl+Alt+Delete for vista logon Screen. If I typing netplwiz in
start menu search, Advanced User Account Panel open, and i can’t check the box in secure logon.like picture in attachment
can You help me to enable Ctrl+Alt+Delete for Vista logon Screen in My vista Home Basic,Thanks for Your Attention.

]]> By: Joe http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-58522 Joe Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:30:23 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-ctrlaltdelete-for-vista-logon-screen/#comment-58522 @Jean & Paul, I just used "control userpasswords2" on my Vista Home Premium laptop just like I did last night on my XP Home Edition desktop. @Jean & Paul, I just used “control userpasswords2″ on my Vista Home Premium laptop just like I did last night on my XP Home Edition desktop.

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