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Turn off Ctrl+Alt+Delete in Windows 7  

Categories: Windows 7

Personally, I don’t think this adds a whole lot of security when I login to my machines running Windows 7.  Its more of a nuisance that I have to press Ctrl Alt Delete before I can login, so I typically disable this security feature.

To do so:

  1. Navigate to Control Panel > User Accounts > User Accounts

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  2. In User Accounts, click on the link Manage User Accounts

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  3. On the User Accounts window, select the Advanced tab.
  4. Under Secure logon, deselect the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.  Click Apply and then exit out of the windows.  Your now all set to no longer have to press Ctrl Alt Delete when logging into Windows 7.

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chris lively  commented on  Monday, September 07, 2009  1:07 PM 

I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate. The screens I have are different from the ones you listed

Dan  commented on  Tuesday, September 22, 2009  10:55 AM 

Hi Chris - those screens are from Windows 7 Ultimate as well. Is your machine connected to a domain?

johnc  commented on  Monday, October 19, 2009  7:32 PM 

Windows 7 seems to hide the menu. You can get to the gui with the checkbox by typing in this at a command prompt;

CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2

This brings up the screen and you can turn off ctrl-alt-del for the system, or the user. Auto-logon..

We need a list of all the 'normal' advanced menu gui's that can be started easy!

vinny  commented on  Wednesday, August 04, 2010  8:03 AM 

erm... can you add to the quide what to do if the check box is disabled

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