[Pro] Ctrl+Alt+Del(silly one)

[gioannou]

Hi there
Does anybody know how I can configure Ctrl+Alt+Del to display the "Windows Security Panel" rather that the Task Manager?

[SuperSparks]

I believe that key combo is hard coded into Windows itself, you can disable it, but you cannot reconfigure it.

[Ridgerunr]

No one should 'ever' change the code for this wonderful butt saver:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/0....ap/index.html

David Bradley,,,one of the great ones!

[gioannou]

I believe that key combo is hard coded into Windows itself, you can disable it, but you cannot reconfigure it.

Hmm...that's a little odd.
You see I've seen both options available(i.e. my pc at home which I set up dipsplays the Task Manager, the one at work(that I didn't set up)shows the Windows Security Panel.The only difference is that the second is a member of a domain.

[usil]

Is this what you mean?

[gioannou]

I believe that's the one...

[SpywareDr]

How about creating a Windows Security Center shortcut to "%windir%\system32\wscui.cpl" on your Desktop and then assigning a Shortcut key something like [Ctrl-Alt-S] to it?

[gioannou]

It's getting more complicated than I guessed at first...
Perhaps I didn't make my self clear at my first post(my bad of course)
The wscui.cpl popups the "Windows Security Center".
I'm looking for the "Windows Security"(like the one usil posted only with a "Windows Security" label on the title bar)not the "Windows Security Panel" as I said in my first post.
I can't PrintScreen it but I guess u know what I mean.
I believe it's what opens by default in W2K with Ctrl-Alt-Del

[Tuttle]

You see I've seen both options available(i.e. my pc at home which I set up dipsplays the Task Manager, the one at work(that I didn't set up)shows the Windows Security Panel.The only difference is that the second is a member of a domain.

That's pretty much it. The actual difference of importance is whether you have the Welcome Screen enabled. If you do, you get Task Manager. If not, you get the 6-button security panel.

If the machine is in a workgroup, you can control whether the Welcome Screen is enabled in Control Panel | User Accounts | Change the way users log on or off. If the machine is in a domain, you don't get a choice -- it's always disabled.

[gioannou]

With "Welcome Screen" you mean the blue screen with the icons which appears in bootup in XP?Or ANY log on screen?I'm asking because it is inactive on my XP at home(I believe it is).I've also set it up so I don't enter a password to log on to windows.
If I am not mistaken, any standalone XP is considered a member of a workgroup right?
I'll test it and let you know

[Tuttle]

Whether you need to enter a password to log in doesn't affect it. If the Welcome Screen is enabled but you only have one account and no password, it'll log in automatically but the Welcome Screen is still enabled. Same if you have the Welcome Screen enabled but you've set an automatic login through "control userpasswords2" or Tweak UI. You need to check the box for the Welcome Screen itself in Control Panel | User Accounts.

A standalone PC at home will be part of a workgroup. You can't be in a domain unless there's a copy of Windows Server on the network, and even then it's optional.

[gioannou]

If the Welcome Screen is enabled but you only have one account and no password, it'll log in automatically but the Welcome Screen is still enabled.

That is, one account without considering the Administrator?

So, the only way to change the way Ctrl-Alt-Del works is disabling the "Welcome Screen".(I didn't have the time to check it yesterday)

[SuperSparks]

Yes, one account not including the default, normally hidden, Admin account.

[Welshjim]

Is Privacy.Access an MS application or from a third party?
http://www.digital-privacy.com/prodd...p?prod=PA-0000

[gioannou]

OK, got it to work.Tuttle(as if he wouldn't)was right.
Thanx guys, apart from the initial subject, I found out about other things as well.
Like 2 users can be logged on Windows XP at the same time(WOW!)