XP Pro Problem: Ctrl + Alt + Del brings up task manager

[Pyramix]

that key combination should bring up the dialog where you choose task manager, log off, shut down, etc.

but it actually brings up the task manager (just like ctrl + shift + esc does)

anybody know what's wrong? or is bringing up the task manager when you hit ctrl + alt + del the default behaviour in xp?

 

[pac1085]

thats default

 

[woodie1]

Originally posted by: Pyramix
that key combination should bring up the dialog where you choose task manager, log off, shut down, etc.

but it actually brings up the task manager (just like ctrl + shift + esc does)

anybody know what's wrong? or is bringing up the task manager when you hit ctrl + alt + del the default behaviour in xp?

As already stated, she is working correctly.

 

[bacillus]

just click on shutdown & more options wil appear from the dropdown list

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Pyramix
that key combination should bring up the dialog where you choose task manager, log off, shut down, etc. . . .

In XP that is what it is supposed to do because those functions are all there in Task Manager.

 

[Adrian Tung]

I think everyone's not quite getting the message.

In XP, and 2000 for that matter, when you hit Ctrl+Alt+Del it shouldn't bring up the Task Manager by default, it should call the Windows Security dialog which has six buttons: Lock Computer, Log Off, Shutdown, Change Password, Task Manager and Cancel.

That's what I've always been getting ever since Win2K. So if you guys have the Task Manager pop up when you hit Ctrl+Alt+Del then something is definitely wrong with your setup, or you may have manually/accidentally changed the default behaviour.


atwl

 

[prosaic]

Originally posted by: Adrian Tung
I think everyone's not quite getting the message.

In XP, and 2000 for that matter, when you hit Ctrl+Alt+Del it shouldn't bring up the Task Manager by default, it should call the Windows Security dialog which has six buttons: Lock Computer, Log Off, Shutdown, Change Password, Task Manager and Cancel.

That's what I've always been getting ever since Win2K. So if you guys have the Task Manager pop up when you hit Ctrl+Alt+Del then something is definitely wrong with your setup, or you may have manually/accidentally changed the default behaviour.


atwl

Nope, in Windows XP display of the Task Manger is the default behavior when you hit Ctrl-Alt-Del. If you want to get the old-style Windows NT / 2000 security dialog when you hit Ctrl-Alt-Del you have to turn off the Welcome Screen (Control Panel | User Accounts | Change the way users log on or off). That will cause you to get the security dialog on boot and when you hit the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combo.

- prosaic

 

[Netopia]

Nope, in Windows XP display of the Task Manger is the default behavior when you hit Ctrl-Alt-Del. If you want to get the old-style Windows NT / 2000 security dialog when you hit Ctrl-Alt-Del you have to turn off the Welcome Screen (Control Panel | User Accounts | Change the way users log on or off). That will cause you to get the security dialog on boot and when you hit the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combo.

Or, if you are part of a domain, (or installed PCanywhere) those options are changed automatically.... which could also be why someone is getting the old style ctrl-alt-del response even though they themselves haven't manually changed the Welcome Screen.

Joe

 

[prosaic]

True, true. I should have specified that what I described as the default behavior is the default behavior ONLY when you're dealing with a standalone or workgroup computer, which is the case here. It was a good point for you to bring up since someone running Windows XP Pro on a domain might have replied by telling me that I was full of it!

- prosaic

 

[CTho9305]

If you use the "Welcome screen" (click the username w/picture, then type password), I dont thinkn you CAN get that behavior. If you disable the welcome screen, it all reverts to win2k behavior.

 

[igiveup]

You're full of it

 

[prosaic]

Originally posted by: igiveup
You're full of it

*grumble* Now where did I leave that large trout?

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: prosaic

Originally posted by: igiveup
You're full of it

*grumble* Now where did I leave that large trout?

IRC?