Ctrl Alt Del question

[foxyloxley]

OS XP Pro SP2

Problem :
cannot 'find' the option to get users to use the ctrl alt del at log on ...........

in user accounts when it says 'user accounts' there is supposed to be a 'button' on the top rail for 'advanced' and that is 'missing'

any ideas what I've missed
any ideas at all
install was from a genuine XP Pro SP2 CD


TIA

[Cemetric]

Hey Foxy,

You can force the Ctrl-Alt-Del option through "Administrative Tools" "Local Security Options" then when that window is open click on "Local Policies" then "Security Policies" ...in that long list you will find the following option : "Interactive logon: Do not require Ctrl-Alt-Delete" or something similar ...change it to "disable" ...restart pc ...you'll now get the ctrl-alt-del window.

This is for a stand-alone pc ...PC's in a domain get this automatically ... As for the advanced tab in users you mention ...don't realy know what you mean ...can't check right now as I don't have a stand-alone available right now.

Hope this helps,

.C.

[foxyloxley]

Cheers Cem
the tab I mentioned is the one that is supposed to be at the top of the user account window

I'll check through that lot now

[Cemetric]

Hey Foxy , yer welcome ...What happens when you type "control userpasswords2" (without quotes offcourse) in the start > Run ...It normally should bring up that windows you're looking for ...maybe try that ?

.C.

[foxyloxley]

now THAT'S odd

window comes up
and ctrl alt del is checked and greyed out !!
still doesn't allow me to have ctrl alt del at log in though

[edit]
2112 posts, just call it my RUSH period

[old timer humour]

[nihil]

Hey Foxy~

Are you using The administrator account? not another one with some admin rights?

Just a thought

[Cemetric]

Hey Foxy, Youre not having any software running that's blocking registry adjustments or something are you ...chances are that those block the changes if you do ??

[Edit] Or what nihil said [/Edit]

.C.

[foxyloxley]

I'm going to admin now

abd cem, what apps would they be ?

[edit]
belay that

it WORKS
cheers Cem
I'd say you earned that bottle you won now

[Cemetric]

Well, The tea timer from "Search and Destroy" can do this, and if I'm not mistaking ...the "full" Adaware product can do this also ... But I need to verify this to be sure ... Atleast they can be configured that way ... they will ask your permission to allow registry changes ... But I think it's also possible to block them no matter what.

.C.

[edit] Great, glad it works now ... I'll take another gulp from it tonight ..probably the last gulp though [/edit]

[foxyloxley]

OK
now instead of another thread
something else has now happened ........

screen resolution has gone from 1600 x 1000 to 1440 x 900
it happened when I restarted as per instructions above

GPX is a 256MB FX6600 and it's a new unit

I use 4 way KVM kit too
and the other box with windows on has no problem with that resolution

Monoitor is a W/S Acer AL1916W [19"] also new

once agan
any ideas

[edit]

and the resolution is at its highest possible too
wheras before it was around the 80% mark capable of going a LOT more