CTRL+ALT+DEL to logon XP Pro

[crypt0n1c]

In Windows 2000 there is a option in users control panel to enable pressing CRTL+ALT+DEL to login before you enter username/passwd.(more secure way) I just started using XP Pro and I couldn?t find it in the dumbed-down users control panel in XP (why didn?t they keep it like one in windows 2000?) The help in XP says the option is under users and the advanced tab and that?s wrong there is no advanced tab in XP users control panel. It took me a while and I found a way to enable it on XP by editing the registry.

Here is how it is done:

Click Start, click Run, type: regedit, and then click OK.

Select the Winlogon subkey at the following registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Click Edit, click New, and then click DWORD value.

Change the value name to "DisableCAD" (without the quotes) and press ENTER.

Keep the data value set to 0 which is displayed as 0x00000000(0).

If you change value to 1 you can disable presssing CTRL+ALT+DEL to logon. (if it has value of 0 it is enabled)
Also you need to have classic login style selected instead of XP login screen.
Just wanted to share that with everyone else to save you the fustration.

 

[dawks]

Unchecking the box highlighted in this image, also does the trick.

Control Panel > User Accounts > Change The Way Users Log On Or Off.

 

[crypt0n1c]

Yeah but just switching that alone wont require CTRL+ALT+DEL on login. You need to switch it to that and add the registry key.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Or you could just do it the way you're supposed to, in the Local Security Settings under Local Policies -> Security Options...
"Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL"

 

[imported_Phil]

Or you could Start -> Run "control userpasswords2", Advanced Tab, down the bottom.

Dopefiend

 

[crypt0n1c]

control userpasswords2 is what i was looking for the whole time
thanks =)