Anyone know how to disable control-alt-delete in XP?

[jfall]

I want to disable the use of control-alt-delete to bring up the task manager for certian users on my computer. Is there a way to do this in XP itself, or does I need some 3rd party software (if so, does anyone know what I could use?)

 

[optimistic]

Why would you want to block out this important feature from certain users? How can they free up the computer if they crash?

 

[Epyon9283]

yeah ctrl-alt-del is sort of important in XP...

 

[jfall]

They don't need to use it, I have it set in the registry to close any non-responding program within 30 seconds. The main reason is because there is three people using this computer, and it tends to get hogged.. they will use it for 5-6 hours at a time.. I installed a program called Watch Dog to limit the computer time to 2 1/2 hours at a time, and a total of 5 hours a day. The directory is hidden, the icon's are hodden, it cannot be uninstalled or removed from the startup... but for some reason, it shows up in the task manager (it's not suppose to, and I have the option set for it not to, but it's not working).. so it is easy to get around the watchdog software if you just end task it.

 

[Panther505]

go to run and type gpedit.msc

Then Expand the User Settings and Administrative Templates. Go into system and select the Ctrl+Alt+Del Options. This will allow you to disable the task manager button...