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FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I don't know if this article applies to Windows 2000/XP/NT, but here's a link with some information:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/ARCHIVE/en-us/dnarvbtips/html/msdn_msdn178.asp

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

The below is a link to a kit to disable CTRL+ALT+DEL all versions of Windows including Windows NT/2000 and XP.

Garrett · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 12:41 am Post subject:

After doing some more reading online, I found that simulating the ctrl+alt+del on NT based systems is not going to happen. NT won't allow it at all. It's part of the security measures built into the NT system. There were references to a GINA dll, but such references were about making a wrapper or something like that. Far too complicated for my feable brain.

So it looks like that code I did will only work on Windows 95 through Windows ME.

-Garrett

marty · Professional Member Joined: 10 May 2001 Posts: 789

Hi,

I cant seem to reach the website Freezingfire...always times out... Do you have another place where I can get it? If its not too complicated I may be able to do a DLL for it or included in my future DLL. (Of course if they give it away as a freeware)

Thanks Wink

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 1:50 pm Post subject:

Hey All,
I just looked at that kit and it is a $299 kit? Wow I wander why it is so much? Anyway I kust thought you would want to know.

marty · Professional Member Joined: 10 May 2001 Posts: 789

Wow what a steal!!!!

Anyway I found some VB code to Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL I will try to convert this to Delphi and see how it goes...

Thanks Mindpower for the info... Wink

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 2:48 pm Post subject:

Also the MSDN article above from FreezingFire will not work on NT and above.

Tommy · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 2:59 pm Post subject:

The Keyboard Control software that FreezingFire mentioned seems to include some
(kernel?) drivers, which probably explains why it's so expensive. At least I expect it to
require administrator privileges on Windows NT in order to work.

Garrett · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 4:22 pm Post subject:

BTW, the vdssave.dll disables the ctrl+alt+del keys. Problem is though, that I still can't get any of the hotkey dlls to intercept those keys after the dll has disabled windows from catching them.

-Garrett

marty · Professional Member Joined: 10 May 2001 Posts: 789

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Here's another article on MSDN for NT/2K/XP, etc.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/09/CQA/default.aspx

Also you can find a lot more with this link:
http://www.google.com/search?q=ctrl%2Balt%2Bdel+nt+site%3Amsdn.microsoft.com

Tommy · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:34 pm Post subject:

The article FreezingFire mentioned is great! For those of you who didn't read the full
article, this is the clue:

vdsalchemist · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 3:17 pm Post subject:

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

When making changes to the registry more then likely you will need to reboot for changes to take effect. There is some sort of trick which allows you to reload explorer which will do the same thing as a reboot, I think it was discussed somewhere on the forums long ago, not sure though.